Tanka by Lee Nash

Allegro Strepitoso, by Carel Weight, British, 1932.

Tanka

Now he’s escaped,
the lion wants to play. Come!
It’s not raining and
you don’t need your umbrella.
(Not that it would save you.)


Lee Nash

Lee Nash lives in France and freelances as an editorial designer for a UK publisher. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in print and online journals in the UK, the US and France including The French Literary Review, The Dawntreader, The Lake, Inksweatandtears, Orbis, Sentinel Literary Quarterly, The Interpreter's House, The World Haiku Review, Black Poppy Review and Silver Birch Press. You can find a selection of Lee’s poems at leenashpoetry.com