Undone
By Susan Burch
In the attic of my mind
You are a giant, hunched over
As you stretch out your arms and legs,
Pieces of me turn to dust
Heaving and groaning, you thrust
To bust down my spirit door
Till it cracks, then crumbles,
Into tiny remnants of me
When you grab them
They slide through your fingers
Like sand
Susan Burch began writing tanka poetry in April 2013. Then haiku, senryu, haibun, gembun, tanka prose, sedoka, sedoka prose, and cherita. When she writes, she lets the poem be what wants it to be. All the poems in this book wanted to be cherita, and were kept together on purpose, as a collection. None of them were previously published. Susan was the Vice President of The Tanka Society of America from 2017- 2024. She was also the Editor of Haiku in Action from 2023-2024. Susan resides in Hagerstown, Maryland, USA, with her amazing husband, Sexy Beast, and daughter, British Baby. She enjoys reading, doing puzzles, birding, and watching Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making the Team.