Nigrescent Poems

Tanka the Form O

with a tremor of light-
daybreak tinges
the nigrescent sky grey-
the horizon appears
distinct in my mind's eye

NOTE:A tanka in English is essentially a 3 line hiku(SHOW)with a couplet amplification (TELL)

Tanka the Form C

with a tremor of light-
daybreak tinges
the nigrescent sky grey-
the horizon appears
distinct in my mind's eye

NOTE:A tanka in English is essentially a 3 line hiku(SHOW)with a couplet amplification (TELL)

Tanka Feb 1

with a tremor of light-
daybreak tinges
the nigrescent sky grey-
the horizon appears
distinct in my mind's eye


NOTE:Essentially a tanka in English is a 3 line hiku(SHOW)& a 2 line couplet (TELL) comment

Tanka Hi-Ku Couplet

with a tremor of light-
daybreak tinges
the nigrescent sky grey-
the horizon appears
distinct in my mind's eye

 Year Posted 2007

My Eternal Star

Dawn
tinges
the bleak sky-
hope enlightens
all.
With a
tremor of light
a black and white filter
inks the nigrescent sky with the
Day star.

A Tanka Tale

a tremor of light
daybreak tinges
a nigrescent sky-
the horizon 
illumes my mind's eye

An Awakening

Daybreak tinges the nigrescent sky
Hope surfaces in my mind's eye.

T Is For Tanka

with a tremor of light
daybreak tinges
the nigrescent sky grey-
the horizon appears
distinct in my mind's eye

Tanka Awhile

with a tremor of light-
daybreak tinges
the nigrescent sky grey-
the horizon appears
distinct in my mind's eye

The Eternal Light

re-post inspired by Laura contest

ETERNAL LIGHT

With a
tremor of light
a black and white filter
inks the nigrescent sky with the
Day star.

Dreams Recited

DAY BREAKS
By this pool of stillness its
water unforgiving,deep and
mirror flat, a blue moon
ephemeral, below white-coated
peaks,Bleak and surreal.
The transient image all too soon
dissolves and ripples into space
as water through my fingers.Then
daybreak tinges the nigrescent sky.
DAYDREAM
Sitting here,into my daydream
drift meadows of stooked-up sheaves,
midst close growing clover,
in wind and rain toppling over.Catching 
minnows with jar and net, in streams
where pooh-sticks once were raced ,
each, slip into  memory's embrace;
Exploring fields across that brook;
studying in nature's real-time book; 
Childhood that ebbed  away on sunlit seas
return on the breeze in an eerie dayspring
light. All my yesterday's glow so bright
 
Listen to me read these poems on youtube  under name ichthyschiro

Grave Sights

Listening to the sounds of ghoulish frights
Six-feet deep but everything is alright
A cruel chill comes across you 
Thank God for top soil….whew
From the street and morgue to the ground
How they all depart with a devilish frown
Cold, stiff, pale and unstuffed
When your soul leaves your body you don’t get up
Hard, lonely, and looking sick
Difficult to say goodbye to and missed
Your flesh is so tensed and complicated to kiss
Life, love, and longevity
Filled with embalming fluid makes you heavy
Flowers, tombstones, and much sorrow
Got to find some black to shortly borrow
A long cloudy drearisome day
Dismal, wintry, and gloomy, God don’t take me away
Death is so atrementous so nigrescent
Black roses are a dead man’s present
When that casket drops it is evident
You are no longer here you’re irrelevant
The extinct, the rested in lovely peace
Sad singing and flower bringing for the deceased
May God bless our souls all these long nights
May God rest their souls who reside at all the 
Many “Grave Sights!”


Written ByA.I.R. Feb.20,2004

Sequence Dawn

Sunrise ripples across the lake
confusions surface as I awake

Amid the eerie dayspring light
yesterday's memories glow so bright

Morning tinges the nigrescent sky
hope emerges in my mind's eye.

A New Dawn

Daybreak tinges the nigrescent sky
Hope surfaces in my mind's eye.

Eternal Light

With a
tremor of light
a black and white filter
inks the nigrescent sky with the
Day star.

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