Ahh, spring break is finally over. Mini vacations for the young but extra hard work for us grannies who keep the home fires burning. Not to mention sharing our computers with bored kids and grandchildren house bound from inclement weather. Deprived of my computer I spent my time composing Tankas. The first one is dedicated to all my lost villages:

Slumbering island
Such lonely whispering winds
Echoing laughter
Lost children skip-chasing through
This isolated terrain

And building on the VVIII theme:

Hello, VV Three.
Was for ever just a dream.
But now, Look! We scream
Arthurs' creativity
almost is reality!