The search for mementos

 
The man spies something
Gripped in the giant steel claw
Waves his arms and points
They scramble the wreckage for
What remains -- a son’s backpack.

April 22 Tanka

The widening circle

Earthquake, tsunami,
Ionized radiation
Silent decorum
Inspires the compassion
Butterflies fluttering wings

The remembering month

April 11th
Time 2:46 p.m.
The sirens wailed out
Survivors wept their sorrow
Again.  The spawned tsunami.