Tag: tanka
member name: Virginia M.
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January 19, 2008 05:04 AM EST --
The Candle
Faith; wick for the soul,
Burning impurities out.
Beauty of truth shown,
To bring light into the world,
The candle diminishes.
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October 17, 2006 08:20 AM EDT --
Points have disappeared,
As Gather grimlins stole them,
Will they be returned?
One can never be so sure,
But hope is left still intact.
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October 22, 2006 12:03 PM EDT --
Gravity released,
footsteps touch the highest cloud,
because of your love,
Solemn expressions are gone,
and rejoicing now begins.
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November 21, 2006 11:41 AM EST --
Abracadabra
Presto-change-o, you are gone,
Disappearing works.
Can I do the same as you?
Painful chords chant useless words.
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November 28, 2006 09:17 AM EST --
Deal with me fairly,
That is all I want from you.
Is that asking much?
For love not to cast me out,
Else, I drown in deep waters
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September 29, 2006 01:32 PM EDT --
Trees shed their glory,
As squirrels fill their pantries.
The weather changes.
Southward bound birds give warning,
Soon winters' breath will freeze all.
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November 15, 2006 01:43 PM EST --
A dish is a dish,
A pot can be a kettle,
Presentation counts,
When counting for something else,
Always show the best side first.
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October 01, 2006 12:57 PM EDT --
Hunger bites my gut.
My body aches all over.
I long for junk foods,
Short temper works overtime.
Is losing five pounds worth it?
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October 23, 2006 08:59 AM EDT --
I was at the bus stop with my grandson. I watched as the traffic went by, making whirlwinds with the leaves. Than they would fall back into the ditch. Thus the scene repeated, as morning travelers were . . .
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October 02, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
Paper to write on.
Yellow pencil to write with.
Little Johnny sits.
"I need a drink of water."
Always something stops homework!
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October 20, 2006 06:32 AM EDT --
Hard upon the ground,
Cold rain falls at break of dawn,
Mood is shattered now,
To achieve my daily chores,
Procrastination serves well.
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September 12, 2006 04:25 PM EDT --
Gaze beneath my shroud,
Judge not hence about my life.
Love has laid me here.
Hear not agonies' last cry,
Stonefaced, I have no regret.
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September 09, 2006 01:11 AM EDT --
The chevys va-room.
Red paint shines under night lights.
Young men grimace hard.
The trial begins at take-off.
Another ford bites the dust!
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September 15, 2006 07:00 PM EDT --
Her hair framed red face,
Lit in flirtations array,
Failed to curb her words,
Murmured softly in reply,
Lost in passionate desire.
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September 14, 2006 08:40 AM EDT --
Ms Collins' henhouse,
where the chickens hatched brown eggs.
Where stones resonate,
craftmans' skill at building and
roosters guard against the fox.
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September 22, 2006 07:08 PM EDT --
Can one stop the wind?
Strong powerful nemesis,
Whirlwind destruction?
No, the wind chooses her path.
We must wait 'til she is soothed.
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September 18, 2006 11:45 AM EDT --
I had no problem writing the poem, but I can't come up with an acceptable name. Any sugestions, please?
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September 18, 2006 11:58 AM EDT --
If death told it's tale,
What wisdom would it impart?
"Love has brought me hence"?
Or this, "Hatred's toil is cruel"?
But all be told, "Just live. Live!"
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September 20, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --
English Ivy grows,
Tendrils grasping for white fence.
Pruner does his work.
Can fence and vine co-exist?
No, unruliness is doomed.
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September 17, 2006 12:17 AM EDT --
Come linger with me,
Answer me this, for a truth,
"Did you romp in leaves,
As your mother baked sweet breads?
Did you climb in Autumn trees?"
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