Best Tana Poems
Purge Our ConsciencesFrom my lowly bachelor’s house
Proudly christened ‘Embassy Fair’
I woke up to the chirping of birds
On the trees above and across the vale
And the riverine bushes in-between
I woke up to the crowing of cocks
And the mooing of cows
I woke up to the leaping of calves
And the...
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Categories:
tana, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Tanabata-WLook at the 1st quarter moon of the 7th
Day of the 7th month in the naked sky.
There! The two stars Vega and Altair
Blinded by love like Yaksha & his beloved
In the Bard Kalidas’s epic poem Meghdootam.
Vega neglecting her weaving and
Altair allowed the cows to stray.
So...
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Categories:
tana, stars,
Form:
Verse
Platonic RelationshipsPlatonic Relationships
Look at the 1st quarter moon of the 7th
Day of the 7th month in the naked sky.
Japan celebrating Tanabata festival
There! The two stars Vega and Altair
Vega neglecting her weaving and
Altair allowed the cows to stray.
Dereliction in the case infuriated their King
Vega and Altair separated...
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Categories:
tana, love, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Beautiful AfricaAfrica,
In this tranquil spectre of time,
imagination tickled,
Tell,
I will tell of the treasures of a people,
Africa on my mind,
The blessed Land of the brown Chocolatey pigment,
the brave unbroken cast,
myriads of ebullient frame transverse in strength,
though marooned by turbulent past,
scorned...
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Categories:
tana, adventure, africa, beautiful, chocolate,
Form:
Narrative
Tanabata-WTanabata
Look at the 1st quarter moon of the 7th
Day of the 7th month in the naked sky.
There! The two stars Vega and Altair
Blinded by love like Yaksha & his beloved
In the Bard Kalidas’s epic poem Meghdootam.
Vega neglecting her weaving and
Altair allowed the cows to stray.
So...
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Categories:
tana, stars,
Form:
Verse
Birth
dilating at night
delivering by sunrise-
pink amaryllis
January 25, 2021
Premiere Contest: A Moment In Nature
Sponsor: Tana Kitchin
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Categories:
tana, birth, flower,
Form:
Haiku
Bless My TwigsJaba Love the bite of "Bhachu"
Leaves the colour of crimson
Your chariots zooming past
Hearts so desire your embrace
Calmy I now chew worlds emerge
Anthaas is when mind envisions
You are sacred very sacred..
Enemies who demonized you
Now revere appreciating you
Tributes see rolling in KING
They cross the ravines of...
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Categories:
tana, allegory, appreciation, deep,
Form:
Prose
BlackberryI have a baby panther, she is restless and carefree.
Okay, she's not a panther; she's my cat named Blackberry.
She was found in a blackberry patch, by a girl named Tana Beck.
Who rescues cats and kittens that have suffered from neglect.
I saw her on a web...
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Categories:
tana, caregiving, cat, home,
Form:
Couplet
TraditionsTurn around.. twist.. skip.. jump up .. jump down.. stand on one foot.. hop left.. hop
right.. ok.. blink.. dance.. wave and nod...
Reuben you are out.. yes out.. you know you are out.. you nodded.. I know I said
nod.. but you...
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Categories:
tana, adventure, family, on writing
Form:
Free verse
FunWhy so serious
Have some fun
Game has begun
Tan tana tan
Tana tana tan
Have some fun
Don't inject me
Don't use gun
Tan tana tan
Tana tana tan
Have some fun..
When nothing goes right go left.....
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Categories:
tana, art, baseball, cheer up,
Form:
Couplet