Category: tanka
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anti-malarial tanka
heavy air morning single drop breaks pond surface no wind, almost rain brown duck spreads wings flies away I wish the skeeters would, too 6-30-23
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yellow tinted tanka
sights and sounds of spring birds sing love songs in the woods bright azaleas bloom yellow pollen coats the ground lone fisherman casts his line 3-15-24
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tanka for an overcast day
at the edge of rain empty cup by unlit fire dark wet circles form lunch simmers in the crockpot maybe I should go inside 2-11-2024
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morning tanka
Mother Nature yawns birds call back and forth in trees lone bullfrog sings bass songversation on park bench woodpecker knocks, let him in 6-14-23
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Monday morning tanka
mist upon water surface tension is broken small circles appear tiny waves rush together drops become one with the whole 4-24-23
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Carolina Spring tanka
squinting in bright warm sunlight, bright pink azalea, horny green lizard on fence, yellow pollen slime on pond. 3-4-23
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Tanka for a drizzly morning
up early reading fresh coffee in the next room peanut butter toast need to get up from my chair before I fall back asleep 11-15-22
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Tanka about raking leaves during Fall elections
occasionally a dead leaf falls on your pile don’t applaud too loud it’s only a random act and will never be the norm 10-26-22
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Raking leaves during Fall elections
a tanka about raking leaves during fall elections: occasionally a dead leaf falls on your pile don’t applaud too loud it’s only a random act and will never be the norm 10-26-22
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approaching autumn tanka
maybe it’s early but I miss long-legged spiders nets from bush to bush mating and filling larders in advance of winter death 9-5-22
My husband's poetry 