Double Tanka Poems - Poems about Double Tanka

It wasn't just some, the entire orchard was ripe! Crisp fuji apples... they would taste so good... maybe... But I can't reach those! They're high! I climb the ladder, reach for an apple - and fall. Come on! Grab it now! Yay! I got it! Mmm... it's good. Wait... is this the wrong orchard?...

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Halloween Eve’s Double Tanka Halloween Eve’s here— Departed souls cross over The Veil is open . . . The living are always scared . . . Of things they understand not! Halloween Eve’s here— A Jack O’Lantern smiles now His grin’s inviting . . . Kids find him so exciting . . . Question: Where’s the candy at? Gary Bateman, Copyright ©...

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a. Perspective of Malcolm X in the ghettos like the reservations white man builds a separation of skins hearts and minds b. My Perspective Malcolm Little born to roll uphill against all odds a boy transmogrifies into variable X...

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When you say my name Stars rush down from the heavens Dressing me in light I become goddess divine Fashioned by love in your voice When you say my name The world is too small a place My soul wanders free Gliding down the Milky Way The Queen of the blessed night Eileen Manassian Ghali...

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Full and luscious lips Tempting treat to hungry eye Flashback memories Hot lips in constant pursuit Now chastity vow taken Other lips await Longing to explore and claim Willing travelers Virgin lips in cherry red Chastity vow forgotten Eileen Manassian Ghali...

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Double Tanka If all was lucid If god was not a mystery If life lacked meaning If life was pure reasoning If night was empty of dreams If sky had no birds If snowflakes held no wonder If rainbows were grey If love was a chemical reply If so, wouldn´t it be hell?...

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BIRDSONG (double Tanka) hear the sound of blood it’s out then in the window rushing through the veins from the very heart of those unseen in their tree top nests “wake up weary heads this trip you’ve won has steps years and miles to go its gift is heard in our song the name of the gift is life”...

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spider in its web waiting where all waiting sleeps held in constant check yes but the weaving is done those thousands of deeds and thoughts spider in its web can you see him? look closely he appears to sleep head and eyes fixed straight ahead but oh it’s an angry world...

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My humanity Sees reflection in water As the ice now thaws Watch it run like a river As death casts shadow on me New life in the spring? No, this cannot be for me As I’ve chosen route Where once was life, now bares death Now, where’s death, you will find me...

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