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Tilting to the West [Poetry]

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1st Grace Awards, 1st Winter Rose Awards 2019 (Summer) 2nd Nexus Easter 2019 Nominations Award. What does 'tilting to the west' mean? It is the moment we cease to stand upright in who we are, even for a moment, a piece of ourselves for a day...

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Lost | Tanka

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your last mother's day here
refusing to see us for luncheon
lost in your illness alone
forgetting how much you wanted 
to see us and we to see lovely you.

                          
 ** Originally published in Simply Haiku, 2006, vol 1 no 3

                          

                            

                                 ** Originally published in Simply Haiku, 2006, vol 1 no 3
                            
                              
                              
                                
                                  
                                  
                                
                              
                             
                            

                            

                              
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