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neth jones Mar 2024
11111 01
weather breaks the clouds            
    a day of mouths  eating mouths
cold churning nature      
lording weight over my mood ;    
the role of a child   subdued
tanka style
#tanka #short #brevity #micro #weather #nature #mood #child #storm #clouds
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neth jones Feb 2024
11110 01
. clean giddy winter day
  my five year old ;
“The moon’s following me !”
  ally with the world surround
  when did i unlearn this bond ?
tanka style version

notes :

'the moon's following me'
my five year olds delight
a clear winter day
an only child  stalked by the moon
the importance he feels
#tanka #short #brevity #children #moon #winter #nature #connection #adulthood #micro
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lib Feb 2024
love (maybe?)
parchment paper moon
stars sprinkled across the sky
laying on your chest
my heartbeat dancing with yours
i wonder if this is love
(i hope it is)
#tanka #love #maybe #heartbeat #dancing #parchment #paper #moon #stars #sprinkled
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lib Feb 2024
stargazing with cinderella
beneath the pale stars
your strong arms holding me tight
the clock strikes midnight
carriage returns to pumpkin
dress of silk and gold to rags
another tanka poem
#tanka #cinderella #star #stargazing #pumpkin #carriage #rags #silk #gold #midnight
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lib Feb 2024
under the oak
light pierces the leaves
under the oak, you with me
october ends us
they say nothing good can last
you, my love, have proven this
i have been trying my hand at tanka poems recently :)
#tanka #october #fall #love #heartbreak #oak #tree
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neth jones Jan 2024
11100 01
rage of snow outside
against it   i finish sealing
    windows and doors
my self segregation
    from which    a depression forms
tanka style

notes :

 windows and doors
form a segregation
  depression builds
a rage of snow outside
i finished doing the weather stripping

dry heat headaches and orange peel scented caulking
#tanka #short #micro #brevity #winter #snow #indoors #depression #rage
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neth jones Jan 2024
11000 01
winter warfare
torments our dwellings brickwork
night of casualties
aggressive plague on my dreams
wakes me  to be visited
tanka style
#tanka #short #brevity #seasons #winter #night #wind #dreams #sleep #torment
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Mark Toney Aug 2023
India Is On The Moon
Vikram and Pragyan
mysteries of the south pole—
India's moon phase
Chandrayaan-3 dreams came true
Modi's quite over the moon






Mark Toney © 2023
08/23/2023 - Poetry form: Tanka - youtube.com/@poetry2go - Congratulations to India, as it becomes the fourth country to land on the moon, the first to land on the lunar south pole.
#tanka #india #moon #chandrayaan3 #vikram #pragyan #modi
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Notepad Jul 2023
Tears
In every season
the rain brings nostalgic vibes
to where it felt real
Glimpse of every memory
Within a drop that falls down
This time it felt real
#tanka #lost
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Mark Toney May 2023
Seeds of Encouragement
lack of approval
unreasonable demands—
our children matter
seeds of encouragement sprout
clean, prune, cultivate, nurture




Mark Toney © 2023
5/15/2023 - Poetry form: Tanka
#tanka #children #parents #encouragement #approval
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