Tag: tanka
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November 12, 2009 02:26 PM EST --
Written after watching the Grand River one morning in September.
Heron’s reflection on still water, black as ink by the riverside: are you happier down there, fixed . . .
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March 18, 2007 11:08 PM EDT --
Here is my small, bad experiment with poetry...tanka to be specific. I am never sure of the rules so I went for one with the rules defined. Please don't vomit.
Attempt #1
I lay . . .
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July 31, 2006 10:02 AM EDT --
i open my eyes
some days i wish i could fly
soar above the trees
into white billowy clouds
escape what lies before me
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January 09, 2007 07:57 AM EST --
Listen to the night while your other senses rest . . .
A Strain (Tanka)
Starlit symphony,
Crystal clear orchestration
Of life after dark--
Wood nymphs breathe . . .
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October 31, 2007 03:40 PM EDT --
Fear is all around
Witches, ghouls and blood suckers
I will be alright
An eerie place, that's for sure
That's any day here at work
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April 14, 2008 07:54 PM EDT --
Metamorphic slate
Waiting eons for the paint
A brief life imparts
Black dots on red crawl color
Across canvas of worn rock.
For the photo that inspired my first tanka: Paints on Slate . . .
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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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February 19, 2009 05:07 PM EST --
Tanka Tickler (Tanka Chain)
Tanka time for you
Rhythm without any rhyme
Five lines to display
Fleeting moments of our love
Enjoyed by your scanning eyes
The memory shines
Of . . .
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September 15, 2006 02:26 PM EDT --
Falling for Tomorrow
Autumn falls all 'round
In a storm of leaves and twigs
Nuts roll from the roof
That bat chairs and flower pots
And lodge in places to grow
Copyright 2006 . . .
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September 15, 2006 03:19 PM EDT --
Trial by Autumn
Sweater quickly donned
Slippers fawned on willing feet
Too cold for chilled floors
A robe supports the sweater
While mercury laughs and climbs
Copyright 2006 Jim Ross . . .
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December 14, 2006 02:30 AM EST --
Intricate Voyage
I seek my friends now
In the labyrinths of fine thought
And discover them
Steaming by clear lubber lines
Home with life's treasures to share
Copyright 2006 . . .
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August 09, 2007 11:47 PM EDT --
Photography by Douglas Gilbert of
Gilbaugh Photography
Dragonfly hovers,
wings out; body lithe and bright,
swoops and darts for snacks:
doomed gnats and mosquitoes snatched.
Then digests. On . . .
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October 15, 2006 03:45 AM EDT --
Drifting voices heard
just at the edge of knowing
you hear, but not sure.
Someone's anger; decibels
tickle the night noisily.
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March 20, 2007 11:23 AM EDT --
Attempt #3
Singed Edges give way
Fateful fevered kisses won
Respirations fade
Tangible glows found consumed
Incendiary desires
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December 14, 2007 12:27 PM EST --
what about the grief
lying there in the corner
all too familiar
almost out of sight and thought
tiny sliver you can't find
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May 03, 2009 03:01 PM EDT --
Tree lined road of soil and rock
human access to the woods
Rich browns; shades of green
Sounds of nature all around
Sweet breezes waft sylvan scents
Coming to a choice
A road . . .
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August 26, 2009 10:50 AM EDT --
Dedicated to a certain young woman, in honor of our upcoming vacation.
I have trained my mouth, beloved, on the cherry and the Concord grape; now to stain my tongue in you and work . . .
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August 01, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
THOUGHTS ON AGING a tanka
there is a mirror
snow has frozen the image
locked always in time
where is the youth that once was
who IS within the image
Michelle . . .
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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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November 25, 2006 12:59 AM EST --
North Wind Foe
Caps of foaming white,
Icy blue Pacific waves
Run south with the wind
To break on decks and sailors
Who ply ships to all ports north
Copyright 2006 Jim Ross
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