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As the Years Pass
by
Kathe L. Palka

as the years pass
the more I find myself
content to enjoy
the pleasure of my own
flawed company

This poem first appeared in Ribbons (Winter 2010).
Used here with the author's permission.

Kathe L. Palka is the author of five books. She is a current member of the Haiku Poets of the Garden State. Kathe writes in free verse and in Japanese forms. She is an editor at tinywords.com, a daily online journal of haiku and micropoetry. A lifelong resident of New Jersey, Kathe enjoys wandering the parklands of her native state whenever time permits. Learn more about her at her Haiku Foundation web page.

Larry Schug:
"content","pleasure", "flawed"--that's life.
Posted 02/23/2026 02:29 PM

Tom Sharpe:
You have to get comfortable in your own skin, cause that is where you live.
Posted 02/23/2026 11:05 AM

Joan L. Cannon:
Words of wisdom. I prefer tanka for its flexibility in acceptable subject matter. The condensation of emotion or humor or revelation is the delightful challenge of these brief forms.
Posted 02/23/2011 01:20 PM

dianapoet:
I like this - the form and the content. I'm reading "What Remains" by Margaret Chula who writes in these forms.
Posted 02/23/2011 08:18 AM

Carol Hauer:
I love this. It takes us a while, sometimes, to see, accept, and love our own selves.
Posted 02/23/2011 07:51 AM

Gary Busha:
Yes! Haiku and tanka are wonderful but don't be fooled by brevity and what seems simplicity. It takes skill to write and gives pleasure to read these forms.
Posted 02/23/2011 05:56 AM

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