TANKA
before the bombast
beyond the bluff of blurred edges
the osprey’s chirrup
the whistle of blue lyme grass
the far sideswipes the close-by.
Edward D. Miller is a queer writer and educator. He works at the City University of New York. He has written "The Rock in the Middle of the Road" and "The Moment and the Sequence." He lives with his husband and a Chihuahua.