Tag: tanka
group name: thepoetryreview
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September 23, 2008 11:13 AM EDT --
PIONEER LIFE
fire blaze red hot coals
tempers flare in summer heat
remnants of dear Ike
dependence not natural
interdependence . . . more
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August 01, 2007 04:36 PM EDT --
so surprised to see
two days after the rain...ice
we, who of all people
know a thing or two
about growing colder
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January 23, 2007 06:16 AM EST --
Love
On the island of flowers
This day of spring
Frisky butterflies on heat
Sumptuous wings
Free spirits
In tender moments
Of absolute bliss
Bonding in secret places of
Beauty . . . more
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March 04, 2007 07:10 PM EST --
Twenty pigeons pecked
Leaves piled for winter's compost,
Yellow beaks bobbing
With hope for a wormy meal
You knew lay squirming beneath
Copyright 2007 Jim Ross
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September 05, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
Watch the coffee brew--
Bubbles start to percolate,
Ideas in heat
Rising in volume to burst
And reveal what lays ahead
Copyright 2007 Jim Ross
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October 21, 2007 06:55 PM EDT --
I can put my collection in a box
When I compose a picture of its time;
I can take the collection out and gaze
At the contrast between then and today—
Or of the kindred times between themselves; . . . more
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July 28, 2007 12:33 AM EDT --
Perspiration drips
From a face finished with work;
Emotionless eyes
Brighten at her blithe spirit--
Joy in a three year old's jump!
Copyright 2007 Jim Ross
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June 10, 2007 06:07 PM EDT --
Green Grass of Summer
Rain soaks deeply in
Roots engorge and sod expands
Lucious summer drink
lightning lends effulgent light
stems and blades swell up with green
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January 30, 2008 10:08 PM EST --
Close your eyes and see
Your friends as they used to be
Before life claimed them--
Drove them away from your side,
As it drove you far from them.
Listen to laughter,
The high pitched squeals . . . more
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January 14, 2007 09:19 PM EST --
Amorous rose
In my kikuyu lawn, this
Colorful morn
The frangipani in her
Summer best
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December 18, 2007 04:45 AM EST --
Suffused cumulus
Precipitates the first drop
To flip a crisp leaf
Copyright 2007 Jim Ross
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February 28, 2007 09:26 PM EST --
forbidden dreams
taunt me, tease me
illuminate them
see their true from
lost children seeking love
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January 10, 2008 01:25 PM EST --
Dancing together
flowing across Earth's surface
like a symphony
inspiring the colors
made by the water and wind
Water and Wind painting by Anne . . . more
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August 01, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
returning to me
in a wooden bucket
this same penny
I tossed into the well
wishing for you to return
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May 01, 2007 02:41 AM EDT --
The adobe stills
As musicians leave to rest;
Guttering candles
Shadow walls and instruments
Left to listen to murmurs
. . . more
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March 03, 2007 10:02 PM EST --
Tanka attempt botched
Syllable counts went awry
Sloppy writing flops
Like the frog's tongue missing flies
Leaves the croaking poet starved
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July 05, 2007 09:18 AM EDT --
a box of darkness
kept on a closet shelf
everybody's soul
writes a solemn record
in its hidebound book
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March 01, 2007 01:55 AM EST --
Behold the
Neophyte with attitude
Singing
The dreamtime melody
Of pure delight
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May 09, 2008 05:55 PM EDT --
Simple and gentle
Patron saint of Russia
Sergius of Moscow
rallied people who sought
their nation's independence.
This man of deep prayer
mystical . . . more
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March 03, 2007 11:04 PM EST --
The poet's struggle
With the pen of nonchalance,
Ends when black ink flows
And legerdemain transforms
Virgin pages vivid green
Copyright 2007 Jim Ross
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