Francine Porad

Inspired by Francine's paintings, and wrote
some tanka and haiku for them:

to know the storm #2

entering the beauty
of scarlet sea flowers
i leave myself,
the storm in my mind
all but floats away

to know the storm #4

the waves' spray
cool the churning storm inside ...
dark visages run away

to know the storm #5

this royal lavender cloth
a center of calm
where winds dash the sea

without end #1

through the water's suface
fish below, gulls above,
the noon sun rising

without end #5

storm's end
you jog ahead in the sand
i pocket pieces
of myself and whatever
the sea brought in

Carmen Sterba

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