Showing posts with label the tanka journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the tanka journal. Show all posts
Monday, January 8, 2018

Selected Tanka: Shades of Blue Tanka

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with my dog-eared bilingual dictionary I ponder the difference between all these shades of blue Tanka Journal, 42, 2013
Sunday, January 7, 2018

Selected Tanka: Childhood Memories Tanka

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once again childhood memories share my bed... counting the stars, I measure the weight of this night Tanka Journal, 42, 2013
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Selected Tanka: Reality Prison Tanka

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with bed sheets made of midsummer dreams I scale down the wall of reality prison . . . one poem after another The Tanka Journal, 40, 2...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Selected Tanka: Flaming Heart Tanka

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snow falling all the way home yet the tongue of my flaming heart for her licks my face for hours The Tanka Journal, 40, 2012
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Suicide Note Tanka

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under dim light his ink-stained suicide note: the cliché is beautiful because it comes to my eyes in its last extremity Tanka Journal,...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

A Tanka about My Underground Notes

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the poet found hanging from his belt near the window My Underground Notes scattered on this Good Friday night Tanka Journal, 44, Apri...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Hourglass of Life Tanka

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I’ve scribbled around these lines on “poet’s dream” for a week if only I could turn the hourglass of my life Tanka Journal, 44, April ...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Clichéd Words Tanka

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these clichéd words curling on themselves stare up at me in their hollow eyes the longing for death Tanka Journal, 44, April 2014

Spring Rain Tanka

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drowning in my own vomit of cliched words . . . awake to the pitter patter of spring rain Tanka Journal, 44, April 2014
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Winter Sunlight Tanka

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winter sunlight once filled the window behind her bed . . . for our New Year dinner one less set of chopsticks Tanka Journal, 43, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Silent Night Tanka

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Silent Night drifts over from the neighbors alone in the attic I write, Dear Mom,  I'm doing fine... Tanka Journal, 43, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013

Squirrel Tanka

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a squirrel stands on its two feet talking to the silent sky... maple leaves keep falling Tanka Journal, 43, 2013

Blooming Fruit Tree Tanka

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blooming fruit tree where we carved our initials ... alone at dawn I stand in its shadow dreaming our midsummer dream Tanka Journal, 43, 2...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Rage Tanka

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a butterfly lies dead on the windowsill this spring morning wrapped in rage, I scribble one poem after another Tanka Journal, 43, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Temple Bell Tanka

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the temple bell echoes in the distance a lump in my throat a few lines scrawled and blotted Tanka Journal, 42, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013

Birdsong Tanka

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bird songs drift through the window as day breaks my butterfly dream against the attic wall Tanka Journal, 42, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Loneliness Tanka

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loneliness runs through my body like the thread through Mother's needle -- my poems stitched with its color Tanka Journal, 42, 2013

Bilingual Dictionary Tanka

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with my dog-eared bilingual dictionary I ponder the difference between all these shades of blue Tanka Journal, 42, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013

A Tanka about Childhood Memories

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once again childhood memories share my bed... counting the stars, I measure the weight of this night  Tanka Journal, 42, 2013
Friday, October 19, 2012

Emoticon Tanka

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your love poem is filled with aluminum powder : in the email her emoticon winks at me with its tongue stuck out The Tanka Journal, 41, 201...