Stages 2A tan-renga collaboration by Amelia Fielden and Michael Dylan Welch. Written 18 July 2011 on the ferry from Sidney, British Columbia to Anacortes, Washington. First published in Red Lights 8:2, June 2012, page 36. Also published in Amelia Fielden’s Conversations in Tanka, Port Adelaide, Australia: Ginninderra Press, 2014, page 113. See “Four Tan-Renga Sets” for additional tan-renga in this series.
fed and changed still that harsh crying— what can she want? Amelia
the suckling shape in her tiny mouth Michael
when I grow up I’ll be a journalist for sure Amelia
my prom date tells me I was her second choice Michael
one touch and that china squirrel smashes on the tiles Amelia
forgetting our anniversary Michael
a daughter’s house or a nursing home . . . and the dog? Amelia
clipping the advert for dignified cremation Michael
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