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 Nov 2018 raphæl
Seema
People
Change attitude
Blame every minute

You
Stay calm
Watch them stray

Love
Separation dictators
Poison your relationships

You stare surprised
Of what
Happened

Loneliness, betrayal succeeded
Left with
Nothing

Expectation ruined everything
Love sank
Life

©sim
HAY(NA)KU Style
3-2-1 or 1-2-3 worded
 Nov 2018 raphæl
Seema
Tongues of seethe fire,
Licks the mesmerizing sky.
Making majestic,
Flow of blazing twisting vines
While the sun sets sneakingly.

©sim
Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 syllables
 Nov 2018 raphæl
Seema
Rock my ruin pillars
As they might flutter to fly,
To your barren heart.
Aching with the aging pain
I am broken, from the start


©sim
Tanka
Syllables count 5-7-5-7-7
 Nov 2018 raphæl
Seema
Breathing blossoms, smile
daily at the nurturer
Kissing blooming lips
The petals touch each other
Crazy breeze pulps in romance


©sim
Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 syllables
 Nov 2018 raphæl
Seema
Tiny marble eyes
Visible like a radar
Grinning on the lush
The cutest bundle of joy
Beautiful chameleons


©sim
Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 syllables
 Nov 2018 raphæl
Louisa Coller
I love melodies
playing loud through my headphones
but I like them more
when I convince you to hear
how much I love you in song.
A tanka about how much of a wonderful night I had with my new partner.
 Nov 2018 raphæl
Louisa Coller
Rose
 Nov 2018 raphæl
Louisa Coller
Haunting my blank life
That the thorns once grew over
Was droplets of pink
petals of roses which I loved
you finally picked me up.
 Nov 2018 raphæl
Denise Uy
Filipino:
Ang sumusulat -
Lumalamig ang puso,
Nag-iisa lang.
Damdaming tinatago -
Nagsusulat ng tanka.

English:
The person writing -
Her heart is getting colder,
She's isolated.
Her feelings are her secrets -
She is writing a tanka.
This is a tanka in my language, Filipino. I tried to translate it to English and keeping its tanka form.
 Nov 2018 raphæl
raven arcane
you have come to me
been crying over spilled milk
it was ironic
for you are the cause, the one
who recklessly pushed the glass


—a.c.
It has been so long since I've last written, now my "skills" became rusty. Another Japanese poetry yay
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