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Vhey Casison Nov 2017
Canoodle
He is spaghetti
A forkful through her fingers
Quick to eat in trains.
She's just hungry for pasta--
Come now, the Train's arriving!
#tanka #***
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J Nov 2017
Fall
Fall came swift and true,
Ushered death to all things green.
But you did breathe life
to this desiccated heart;
Now blight-stricken, but alive.
Fall. I will catch you.
#fall #live #love #tanka #57577
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Seema Nov 2017
Impregnate (Tanka #57)
In my eyes, you saw
hate. But ignored your feeling,
and, you kept trying
to impregnate my doubt thoughts
with your pure undoubted love


©sim
Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 syllables
#thoughts #tanka #feelings #love
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Seema Nov 2017
Heat (Tanka #56)
A bird, fell off its
flight, exhausted in this raging
heat, the flock gathered
Only to find, a dead friend
With torn wings and lose feathers  


©sim
Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 syllables
#tanka #thoughts #bird #nature #dead
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girl diffused Oct 2017
Portrait: Him
He is raging tide
He collects earth, wood, and glass
Pushes and pulls and
then there is the sudden calm
#poetry #tanka #emotions #tidalwave #mentalhealth
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J Oct 2017
In Silence
Loving in silence;
much like solace and despair
vying for power.
Misery and ecstasy;
clashing in between heartbeats.
#love #silence #tanka #57577
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Richard Grahn Oct 2017
Spinning Starlight (Tanka)
Deep inside these dreams
Where your magic fills the air
Peering through the night
I’m watching you spin starlight
Into visions of delight
#tanka #starlight #dreams #magic
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Richard Grahn Oct 2017
Perseverance (Tanka)
With a single step
Lofty goal’s become clearer
Dreams hover nearer.

Is that rock just a roadblock
Or another stepping stone?
#tanka #perseverance #goals #creams #roadblock
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Vhey Casison Sep 2017
Procaffeinating
Scoop spoonfuls of joy
and let dark beads percolate
in a tiny cup.
sugar, milk, milk and sugar
clock doesn't stop--tick, gulp, tock.
#tanka #procrastination #coffee
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thymos Sep 2017
play on
what happened
to the song in your heart?
is it lost to you?
it will never end, it
will play on new instruments.
#tanka
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