with sugar
I lure hummingbirds
into the garden;
you, though, never were drawn
to sweetness and light

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Janet Lynn Davis lives in Houston, Texas, where she used to be a writer/editor and specialist in the fields of technical publications, communications, and media. Her free verse and tanka have been published numerous times throughout the internet and in print, including most recently in Autumn Sky Poetry, Simply Haiku, Modern English Tanka, Wisteria, Megaera (“Taking Form—Tanka” feature), and Fire Pearls (short-verse anthology).
E-mail: janlda at hotmail dot com
 

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