Tag: tanka
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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…
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“how…” a #tanka (11/13/23)
11/13/23: power how we rely on the power a ray of light at dawn #tanka#micropoetry#poetry
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Armistice
Michael looked over the battlefield. A muddy plain littered with corpses. The Somme still glinted red in the morning sun. So many souls to accompany to their personal parousias. A figure in black approached. The archangel sighed. War had chosen to embody the Morrigan again. She stopped two paces ahead of him. Her ravens circled…
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“below…” a #tanka (11/10/23)
11/10/23: nightlight below the river of stars this home a dark hallway in need of a new nightlight #haiku#micropoetry#poetry
