August 2020
Sylvia Cavanaugh
cavanaughpoet@gmail.com
Bio Note: This tanka poem reflects my interest in physics, and the fact that I seem to have an encounter with a bee at least once each summer while riding my bike. I have published three chapbooks, the most recent of which is Icarus: Anthropology of Addiction. I am also English language editor for Poetry Hall: A Chinese and English Bilingual Journal, and I serve on the board of the Council for Wisconsin Writers.

Tanka

Surprise sting on chest
hands steady on handlebars
bee snuck down my shirt
 
the road bends through clover fields
my moving wheels stay upright
First published in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review
©2020 Sylvia Cavanaugh
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