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LL Nov 2024
Photo | Tanka
we had that one old
photo that always reminds
me how I wanted
to have kids with you, and you
did have kids — just not with me
#tanka
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LL Nov 2024
Ocean | Tanka
I'm always stealing
glances and end up getting
lost in your eyes, or
is it the ocean — to be
honest, what's the difference
#tanka
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Kristine Nov 2024
No. 10
Anxiety wraps,  
Tight around my fragile soul,  
Like a coat too small,  
A lover who won't love back,  
A fire that won't warm my heart.
#tanka #anxiety
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Kristine Nov 2024
No. 9
The coldest night air,  
No different from space around,  
Stars lost in the dark,  
Silent echoes fill the void,  
Where time and light drift away.
#tanka #alone
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Kristine Nov 2024
No. 8
A broken soul weeps,  
Laughing, twirling in the dark,  
Beneath the cold stars,  
The bleeding heavens whisper,  
Tales of sorrow and of grace.
#tanka
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renseksderf Oct 2024
untitled (lighter than)
An unlit candle,
a matchstick, waiting in vain—
neither will ignite,
unless one strikes the other,
shadows linger, dim and cold.
tanka
#tanka
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LL Oct 2024
Dough | Tanka
dough in the oven
and a lover with their past
— these things won't rise if
you keep opening it up
digging it, calling them out
#tanka
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neth jones Oct 2024
00000 1000
old lady passed out                
wind and leaves do battle      
she is plagued by shadows
is it rude to wake the sleeping
to check they're not dead ?
alt. version

old lady  passed out                  
is it rude ;  waking the sleeping
              to check they’re not dead ?
#tanka #brevity #short #observation #autumn #leaves #wind #sleep #aging #death
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LL Sep 2024
Plank | Tanka
things I left unsaid
walks the plank that is my
tongue, but they won't jump
and now roam my mouth — ghosts with
a LIFE more DEAD than ALIVE
#tanka
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LL Sep 2024
Mosaic | Tanka
every time you get
your heart broken, gather the
pieces, collect each
tile — SHARP ENOUGH to CUT — and
make a beautiful mosaic
#tanka
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