Poem-A-Day: Harryette Mullen, Tanka Diary [Awakened too early on Saturday morning]

	July 24, 2012 Today's poem is copyright © 2012 by Harryette Mullen. Used with permission of the author. More from this author Other Mullen Poems Muse & Drudge [just as I am I come] Muse & Drudge [why these blues come from us] All She Wrote Black Nikes Page 1 / Sapphire's lyre styles You can unsubscribe from our Poem-A-Day emails at at anytime—either completely, or until next April. Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane Suite 901 New York, NY 10038 212-274-0343 academy@poets.org		Tanka Diary [Awakened too early on Saturday morning] by Harryette Mullen Awakened too early on Saturday morning by the song of a mockingbird imitating my clock radio alarm.                 * Walking along the green path with buds in my ears, too engrossed in the morning news to listen to the stillness of the garden. Share Digg StumbleUpon Facebook E-mail to Friend