#Tanka Tuesday #2: of Mystery and Dreams

Lovely! I like the term ‘abbreviated days’.

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Autumn mystery

colored leaves the last remains

of our summer dreams

these abbreviated days

their accompanying cold

for Kiwinana’s Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge week 70–Mystery and dreams

and Toads’ Tuesday Platform

UPDATE: and for Thotpurge’s Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017 #7

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