Ancestral Trail

Tanka XVI Eyes trained by acme,of sane pulchritude and spree.Delicate aurasketched by tricks beauty filtered;enclosure of wits and glee.'20:09:03:20:36 Note: of bounty beauty.ii) Written for a friend I call Smita. Half-Indian, Half-Korean.

Tanka XV Crushed clone wrote cloaked strokein syllables trained by yoke.One was worn by rageand the rest by feelings stray;apt azure by wind was stroked.'20:09:02:20:17 Note: of rusty rainbow.ii) Inspired by a picture of rainbow taken by Ishabella, an Indian friend.

Tanka  XIV Spells were spelled by rageon an eve heaved by worn wails;salient calls of painpaged, ere the combusting swaynumb Nymph upon nuptial trailed.      '20:09:01:20:36 Note: of numb Nymph.

*Tanka XIII* Foiled fingers oft dancedin gaunt and taunted tranceacross apt azure,hoisting hurled bruises and curenosy nature had yore pranked.      '20:08:31:20:09 Note: of apt azure.

Tanka XII A tale trained by wailwas supplanted by red ragehaughty glottis puked;of smothered Satyr so bruisedby bounty sighs numb Nymph plagued.'20:08:30:11:25 Note: of trained wail.

Tanka XI Made crushed call a kingto a Centaur basked in grit:"Hewn a tale of loveand drape its themes in gaunt guts."Mused then the charmed, gored by glee.'20:09:29:18:06 Note: of limping love.

Tanka X A call crawled by sighand motive pranked glottis tied.Confetti of ragepruned pulls pulses often slay;la-de-da trail speared spreed hides.'20:08:28:21:38 Note: of callous call.

*Tanka IX* Joy met foils spells toiled,then fashioned missions rage toyed.Passion punctured zeal,and Will filled tricks gaunt gloom spreed;well, spell rent terms leased by joy.       '20:08:27:22:08 Note: of sassy spell.

*Tanka VIII* Two feelings tooled trickstaunted tidings haunted-drip.Supplanted ergowas foiled force awed odd borrowed;quaking queen from void pruned trip.     '20:08:26:21:21 Note: of cloned creature.

*Tanka VII* A plague ere was leasedby gaunt sigh numb nature greased.One trick for other,smothered crazed triggers' mutters;rustic rage rotten rave streamed.       '20:08:25:21:54 Note: of worn war.