We are the vandals
Desires create our misery
Breaking in pieces
Earth now a detention cell
Nature dressed in plastic sheets
31.05.2021
Sponsor: M.L.Kiser
Contest: Tanka Contest
the hummingbirds came
to drink the honeyed fluid
drinking it deeply
now my heart weeps at their death
honey is deadly for birds
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May 29, 2021
Poetry/Tanka/Sweet Honeyed Fluid
Copyright Protected, ID 05-1358-822-29
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France
Written for Standard contest, Tanka Contest
sponsor, M.L. Kiser, Judged 06/03/2021
Third Place
alabaster Rhapsodies
alabaster moon
skips across midnight waters
trails silver ribbons
singing wind song harmonies
with two loons in rhapsodies
5-28-21
Contest: Tanka
Sponsor: M. L. Kiser
in a vital heart
love and hate just conversate
about life and death
each new sunset and sunrise
as lungs inhale and exhale
5/28/2021
Contest: Tanka
Sponsor: M.L. Kiser
I gave you my heart
and my infatuation
to ever entwine . . .
I leave you my devotion
at your stone cold tomb, engraved.
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July 9, 2018
Poetry/Tanka/Engraved
Copyright Protected, ID 18-100040-483-01
All Rights Reserved. Written Under Pseudonym.
Written for the contest, Tanka
sponsor, The Name Forsakes Me
Tenth Place
one look and i knew
the attraction was fatal
infatuation
would grow into devotion
and i’d never find a cure
AP: 3rd place 2022
Submitted on May 19, 2021 for contest TANKA sponsored by M.L. KISER - RANKED 2ND
Moonlight passage leads
to river of devotion
bare feet gather here
in waves of fluid motion
holy infatuation.
For Contest : Tanka
Date: 7-8-18
I took the bus mom,
h o l d i n g a bright rose for you;
clutched TIGHT in my hand . . .
I b r u s h brittle leaves away,
and lay down my w i l t e d ROSE.
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June 21, 2017
Poetry/Tanka/A Wilted Rose
Copyright Protected, ID 06-991-443
All Rights Reserved, 2017, Constance La France
Written for the Premier contest, Tanka
sponsor, Laura Loo, Judged 08/2017
Second Place
Submitted to the Standard contest, A Strand (1047)
sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 01/08/2022
First Place
flights break down borders
leaving, returning
sometimes we become exiles
writers break physical bounds
find old and new compatriots
fog embraces me
with infinite tenderness
rain falls in my heart
the soul pulls the mantle close
life can be a soft grey sleep
4/8/2017
For contest: Tanka
sponsored by Rick Parise
Cutting tongues tear hearts
O that we could pour honey
Into ruthless hearts
Of ivy tongued to sweeten
The lives of those around them!
January 20, 2016
Contest : Tanka-Syllables Of Wisdom #3
Sponsor : Silent One
an accomplishment
feeds the soul with the rich fruits
of its endeavor
but how soon emptiness gnaws
when only praise is devoured
January 18, 2016
~3rd Place~
Contest: Tanka
Sponsor: N.L. Kiser
Judged: 06/03/2021
~1st Place~
Contest: Syllables of Wisdom 3
Sponsor: Silent One
Judged: 01/21/2016
~8th Place~
Premiere Contest: Contest 205
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Judged: 09/18/201
Tanka 3
children so carefree
laugh while sand castles
topple in the sea…
shattered dreams may bring
teardrops in maturity
© Sandra M. Haight 2015
All Rights Reserved
~7th Place~
Contest: Tanka 3: Return To Ten
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Judged: 03/27/2015
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through venetian blinds
slanting beams of light peep in
where she sits alone
reminiscing in silence
hoping that the bell would ring
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25th March, 2015
Contest: Tanka 3
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
everyone said
he was too small
for a good watch dog....
why did he leave
such a big hole in our hearts?
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3/24/15
For Andrea's Contest: Tanka 3 Return To Top Ten
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