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D Thornhill Jul 2022
looking for a space
among blue florida keys
to watch passing clouds
rising, falling then changing
from white to vivid pastels
©️ d_t + b
Carlo C Gomez Sep 2022
Taken by the reckless wind
Lost in distant clouds
         And here the fall of her hair
         Tethers my mind to the sky
D Thornhill Jul 2022
trials are many
the goal just get though today

i do not know what
tomorrow will bring us, but
at least it is tomorrow
©️ d_t + b
neth jones Jun 2022
knee high sea of grass
tussled like groomed fur
  spry winds lashing
distribution of lifted seeds
life in correspondence
Tanka style
early June 2022
neth jones May 2022
summer sky aloft
a massive cloud bank disbands
      lacing into gills
wind huffs make spastic punches
cooling my agitation
D Thornhill Apr 2022
marking all world’s edge
far cumulonimbus rise,
beyond uncharted
galaxies of light appear
floating high in soft blue sky
©️ d_t + b
D Thornhill Apr 2022
outside my window
frogs sing out to each other,
i am lost within
hidden words in foreign keys
hidden chants in deep, low notes
©️ d_t + b
Chris D Aechtner Apr 2022
people wait in line
to receive injections:
lumps of curdled cream
floating in the coffee,
expired prematurely


4.16.2022
5/6/5/6/6 English contemporary syllable count

Includes a traditional kakekotoba (pivot/"swing bridge")

Metaphor & symbolism stays intact when the tanka above is read from bottom to top
D Thornhill Apr 2022
in talking to a
manatee an alluring
fact became confessed
rained upon they do not like
such irony i did think
©️ d_t + b
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