FlavioPAR: Poems

Jul 2021 · 294

Quicksand

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

Jul 2021 · 447

Moon watching

FlavioPAR Jul 2021

Moon watching

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

Mar 2021 · 433

Dunhill

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

Mar 2021 · 245

Winter

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

Apr 2019 · 163

Saunter

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

Apr 2019 · 291

Insomnia

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

Mar 2019 · 342

Black Blood

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

Mar 2019 · 196

Glowing

FlavioPAR Mar 2019

Glowing

The light of an ember
The tip of a depleted coal
like a glowing ruby
However, if you touch it
You will remember that it burns

Another Tanka Practice

#tanka #pratice #short

Mar 2019 · 622

Eagle

FlavioPAR Mar 2019

Eagle

When I eat melons
I see an eagle above
It climbs beyond clouds
Such beauty she is, soaring
Such fierce is her snatching prey

A little tanka I wrote to practice

#tanka #practice

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