Best Tai Poems

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Oh, gentle child, how doth my heart still burn
thine absence half a decade spent in vain
to break the bonds that tie, that fett’ring chain
that holds...

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Palm trees are swaying island style
Within the gentle trade wind's flow,
As Egrets glide on salty air—
Then land where verdant grasses grow.

Breathe in sweet scents of...

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I wake up at 5:30 most mornings
Before the sun has a chance to rise
Head for the bathroom as fast as I can
To get rid of...

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I wake up at 5:30 most mornings
Before the sun has a chance to rise
Head for the bathroom as fast as I can
To get rid of...

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In my town
the spiritual warriors conjoined our nature conservancy advocates,
our homeless entertainers and mystics incarnated all the green organic dreams of the food righteousness brigade,

Eternal...

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Palm trees in the pineapple breeze,
c a l m  chameleon ocean up to my knees-
Beach sands with pebbles in my hands,
oh, to not return...

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Villanelle : Whosoever’s inveigled by the general theory of Good in Evil

Whosoever’s inveigled by the general theory of Good in Evil
Knows not Yang in Yin’s...

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The very softest forms 
Of martial arts
Tai chi 
It’s very similar to a dance.
You’re a dancer who dodges. 
And aikido
for when things get a little...

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Heel toe, heel toe
Joyfully I follow my muse
Sole slapping shiny black path
Heel toe, heel toe
I bounce on foot's ball
As the air wings below 

Heel toe,...

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E marino ana te tai
To mauri kaatoretore
Tukuna tou haukura kia rere
Hei whakaora i te hunga
He waahi hakoakoa
Rere ana to wairua whakamahu, he waahi muna, he...

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Hi tiddley hi ti I'm all right
I needed a mai tai, keeps me tight
I'm a waking winky -- got a belly ache
I think a Bromo-Seltzer...

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Morning oozes
Sunbeams linger;
Hurl of new day

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Dawn brightly hurls
Sparkle and fest;
Sleepy eyes glimpse

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Neighbour walks
Cute barking dog;
Morning commotion

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Sun streams slant
Bright beams burst;
Touch tasty twinkle

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My wife signals
Birdsong on...

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In Asia I met a cute gal named Mai Tai
She sure stole the heart of this old guy
On the soft sand we kissed and caressed
Mai’s...

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Headline news
Sensational story;
All about you.

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Truth speaks plain
If only we...
Learn to listen

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Words follow words
Into a swirl;
Too much, too late

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Old neighbour
Bold man of seventy;
Knee replacement

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Playground ventures
Kids stumble...

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Who’s on top? 
Really, 
You didn’t know that it’s a contest?
After all,
There can only be one 
Poet Laureate can’t there?
Both’s fingernails are bleeding,
Both’s knees are...

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Two Aloha-shirted Hawaiians 
of generous girth were strumming 
their ukuleles 
on a small stage in front of the hotel’s poolside bar
in the late afternoon, 
rehearsing...

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Purple Chakra 

She wears in dreams and enchantment our mad hatter’s hat 
cloaked in violet desire and so called co-incidence of purple
Just a few blossoms...

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When the world disappoints
When your friends let you down
When the package’s too small
When the aches won’t subside
When the suds seem too dull
When your choice show...

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Mystery shows
Beauty that styles;
Garden city mists

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Still movements dance
Early morning ritual;
Tai Chi pugilists

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Listen now
Birdsong hymn;
Window serenade

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Morning rain
Water washes clean;
Sun beams warm

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Earthy sounds
Old rubber tree presence;
Song of...

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keeping time
with my Tai Chi
the inch worm...

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Dawn hurls feisty
Shadows fly fast;
Light grooms sight


Heavy eyelids
Sleepy, jerky knees;
Awkward notions


Rise and shine now
Greet dear sunny;
Sure miracle


Overnight rain
Wet walkway paths;
Tai-Chi dancers 


Movement trancelike
Set of slow...

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Bruce

A lumbering man, 
audibly achily, stepped to the
floor’s center.
Had there been a spotlight, he’d’a shone.

His arms unfurled.
His hips spun.
His soles, silent
as he padded here,
then twisted...

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Awake to see
Arise to change;
Awareness comes


Pathway winding
Ups and downs declare;
Possibilities


Dream a dream
Focus and see;
Moments of magic


Sunlight spreads
A moving palette;
Magnificent colours


Morning exercise
In rain and shine;
Tai Chi...

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Universal Dialogue

Tears from fears to cheers
‘you are the moonlight
and cinnamon bark
incense and citrus peel 
in your intimate places.’

(Tai)

‘I am simply a reflection
of your sun in...

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