FlavioPAR

FlavioPAR Jul 2021

Frightening isn't it?
How quick are we to sink
From thoughts and fears
Even in the unsinkable
Steadiness of the daily grind

#tanka #japanese

FlavioPAR Jul 2021

Why is it so, that
In the guiltless suffering
We wander so deep
So lost and astray in thought
To create and contemplate

#tanka #japanese #q

FlavioPAR Mar 2021

Dunhill

A dark brown shaved herb
Burns so slowly from the bowl
The smoke rises from
As does my thoughts follow it
I wonder why it is so

#tanka #smoke #japanese #poetry

FlavioPAR Mar 2021

Winter

A cold Winter’s day
A house barren of any life
A single heartbeat
Echos shyly in the air
A fireplace yet to be lit

#tanka #winter #japanesepoetry

FlavioPAR Apr 2019

Saunter

A sun’s warm embrace
Greets me on this empty plain
As I saunter by
Dewed grass, I take a bite
The sour apple nourishes me

FlavioPAR Apr 2019

Insomnia

A lack of a need
Strikes me like a wave
An overwhelming
Pressure to submit to it
To the soft cotton threads

Another tanka practice, This done after a sleepless night. I need sleep.

#insomnia #tanka #practice

FlavioPAR Mar 2019

Black Blood

The hot water drips
Slowly infuses the dust
Brown to a tone darker
The Smell Permeates the room
A modern elixir from Java

Another Practice tanka, this one dealing with a modern necessity

#tanka #coffee #practice