Anna Cates
Hanuman, Lord of the Apes *
(a triolet)
Lusty, sauntering Hanuman
Down from the mountains, east of Pakistan
More than a monkey, more than mere man
Lusty, prognathic Hanuman
Monkeys dance to drums with the shaman
More than shah leader of Tian Shan clans
Lusty, sauntering, prognathic, Hanuman
Down from the mountains, east of Pakistan
* The monkey god of Hindu history, legend, and myth
Bio
Anna Cates currently resides in Ohio and teaches college writing, literature, and education online. Her first collections of poetry and fiction, The Meaning of Life and The Frog King, were published by Cyberwit Press, and her second poetry collection, The Darkroom, by Prolific Press. Her collection of previously published haibun, The Golem & the Nazi, recently appeared via Red Moon Press, and her collection of religion-themed poems, The Journey, via Resource Publications.