Tanka IV
Cold against the sky The blue jays cried at dawning. The larks where are they? Heavily upon the air My ears tuned in to listen.
Lewis Alexander
Cold against the sky The blue jays cried at dawning. The larks where are they? Heavily upon the air My ears tuned in to listen.
In Lewis Alexander’s “Tanka IV,” the speaker stands in the early morning, aware of the cold sky and the blue jays’ loud calls. Then comes a quiet, almost plaintive question: where are the larks?
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