Driving With Dad

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Colleen and Robbie remind that today is the last day for submissions to the Sunflower Tanka – Dreams anthology, closing at midnight EST. Willow hosts Tanka Tuesday, encouraging poems triggered by sensory memories.

I have written a Choka today in response to Willow’s challenge.

My father, circa 1972 with my youngest sister

a forgotten smell
rarely caught, cigarette smoke
and I’m transported
to the family sedan and
dad is driving, his
arm rests on open window
the cherry glows red
when he breathes in and his smoke
signal races down the road

Copyright © Lisa Paul

TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 29, Memories, 09/09/25
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18 thoughts on “Driving With Dad”

  2. Lisa, a deeply personal memory, capturing a moment of childhood that’s tied to a specific, yet almost fleeting sensation – wonderful 🙌 (It reminded me of a poem I wrote a few years ago about my taid (grandad) who smoked like a trooper.)

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