Elaine Dillof, USA

Introducing  : Elaine Dillof is the author of Anna and Solomon, a book about her grandparents’ emigration to the US, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. A recent convert to tanka, her poetry has appeared in Ribbons, The Avalon Literary Review, Gusts, and elsewhere. She lives in Mystic CT.

the tiger lily  
ferocious red and gold  
fire pet of the sun

December 8th 2023