Tag: tanka
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Water Psalm
Flow is my nature. I am uncontained. I am contained by legions. But my essence is gift, and from my self-donation life follows. Can you endure long without my self-gifting? Three days? Five? The Bedouins understand how precious I am. They value me beyond gold, and for good reason. True, my giving can come in…
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“trembling leaves…” a #tanka (11/23/23)
11/23/23: home trembling leaves outside our new home this Thanksgiving gratitude for sharing this life with you #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#happythanksgiving2023
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“something different…” a #tanka (11/22/23)
11/22/23: different Something different even in November fall foliage how my fingers caress your cheek in the cold #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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“you scribble…” a #tanka (11/20/23)
11/20/23: scribble you scribble a note of love passing it on a wisp of the north wind blowing between us #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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To Life: “the Rescue”
I ache from the blaster volley. The Beskar held. More importantly, the kid is alright. We watch the figure in black together. He slices through dark trooper after dark trooper with a cold precision I’ve never seen. His emerald laser sword deflects blaster bolts with ease, and cuts through armor like it’s not even there.…
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“no time…” a #tanka (11/17/23)
11/17/23: putter no time to putter around late foliage and in the morning tossed sheets #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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“Blue Ways…” a #tanka (11/15/23)
11/15/23: back roads “Blue Ways…” a journey taken along back roads how I could park there and savor your scent #tanka #micropoetry #poetry
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Incendiary Transcendence
Avocado How that hard, green vegetable forms the mushy medium of a dip so iconic. mashed up to its consistency in the first month with sleet a dour chill running through this November air Jalapeño Such a fierce and fiery red pepper to “kick it up a notch…” Diced up and poured out like a…
