nor’easter’s furyblasts white across my back yardthen stops at midnightstorm’s last-gasp heard by noneplows bang to wake the undead
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Tanka Journal poet
Richard Anderson
1 poem in Issue 7
In their own words
This my first attempt at this form. It is not as easy as it seems, but was fun (if heart-wrenching can be fun).
I’m a retired high school Teacher of English who, after never having written anything at all over thirty-eight years in the classroom, lucked out. I co-produced my first ever screenplay (a short) “If I Tell You,” (watch it on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47g0rr56Cxs) which made it into three film festivals, the most prestigious being the Berkshire International Film Festival in Great Barrington, MA. I’ve also written three screenplays which I’m currently pitching to producers as either a full-length feature film or as a limited TV series. Three TV pilot scripts have been requested for review; no offers yet but persistence is my middle name.