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Soul-in-poetry 1d
Me?
I don’t recognize—
The person who is called me
They have cloudy eyes
With a far and distant gaze
A guarded look– still speaks much
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Soul-in-poetry 2d
Are cacti touch starved?
Do cacti crave hugs?
Do they mourn their loss of touch?
Their thorns protect them—
But do they ever want more?
Tell me, are cacti touch starved?
My first Tanka poem :))
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Robin Edwards 2d
Sunrise Tanka
I am not alone
Counting syllables at dawn
While the bed is warm
What does all this mean to me?
Others dream of Haiku too
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LL 6d
Carelessly | Tanka
if you're the sea I'd
easily drown in — I am
the sea-beaten cliff
you can safely wonder from —
then carelessly jump off of
2025/067
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Robin Edwards 7d
Destiny
These gossamer wings
Have nowhere to fly today
Folded on my back
So, I sit and watch the sky
Waiting for the wind to change
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LL Apr 20
Bird | Tanka
joy would always leave
me like a bird that flew out
of its cage and — when
it came back knocking on the
glass — I wouldn't let it in
2025/062
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LL Apr 13
Floodgates | Tanka
I don't tell you things
because explaining in length
things long brewing's like
standing at the floodgates of
a river as it empties
2025/061
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Reynaldo Casison Apr 9
Spring moon waltzing
The spring moon waltzing
And glowing
Glowing
and waltzing
Through the midnight blue

Reynaldo Casison
#tanka #love #moon
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Reynaldo Casison Apr 9
Woman like moonlight
Exotic cherry blossoms
And a woman
like heavenly moonlight
Robed
with sweet love

Reynaldo Casison
#tanka #love #woman
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Reynaldo Casison Apr 9
Demure still moon
Breeze of maple honey
Upon the misty exquisite fountains
A demure Still moon
Like a jazz ballerina
Waltzing

Reynaldo Casison
#tanka #jazz #moon
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