Short Ml Poems

rounders* played in the park

*https://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/history-rounders.htm

*https://www.biggamehunters.co.uk/acatalog/History-of-Rounders.html...

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as black and white
confess the disparity
between two colors
aching to be seen perceived 
as dark and light




Tanka Poetry Contest
Sponsor M.L. Kiser
May 28, 2021...

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forty years ago
we vowed to love each other
until death parts us
        the fragrance of carnations
        lingers in my memory

5/28/21
For M.L. Kiser's Tanka contest...

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scraping of the soil
invasion of millipedes
unearthed by rakers ~
those roly poly critters
in every nook and cranny

9/6/2021
A Buggy Tanka
M.L. Kiser...

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fear mirrors desire
roots in ego attachment 
stillness sets us free
dwell in void of cessation
each moment celebration

29-May-2021

Tanka Contest Poetry Contest 
Sponsor: ML Kiser...

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On
the beach,
ebb & flow-
with no place to
go


Anthony Gormley's installation Another place


http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2005/07/05/art_antony_gormley_feature.sht
ml...

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Birds
Sing songs
Flowers bloom
Bees Buzz Buzz Buzz
While they pollinate 
Pines are dressed in
Plush green coats
As kids
Play









02/18/2022

Contest:Springtime Ninnet
Sponsor:M.L. Kiser...

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Goodbye, mine of gold of the east 
Where my soul was bound through the years 
Where my hands have toiled for the need 
Where her beauty charmed the lobes of my brain 

December 14, 2023, PST
MVRJ, ML, CC-BC...

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with verdant refrain
 trees put on emerald gowns,
 flowers start to bloom,
 butterflies will flutter by
 to taste the nectar of spring

 3-10-2022
 Springtime Beauty Tanka Poetry Contest
 Sponsor: M.L. Kiser...

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You Wish you may,
i wish i might.
 I Pray all day 
and then at night.
 Potent Sage, burning
Candle light,
olive oil The Cross of life! 
My testament 
My sacrifice
Holy, God ! 
Everlasting life.

- ml.century...

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Spring
bursts with
new fresh scents
in the warm breeze
Bright colors return
with the Robins
happily 
hopping 
home

2/24/22

Placed with a 1st placement in the Springtime Ninette Contest.  Sponsor:  M.L. Kiser...

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Spring Garden Party

Spring’s garden party
Bright poppies dance with lilacs
Pink crocus frolic
Fields of yellow mustard sway
Frisky paperwhites rollick

3-4-22
Contest: Springtime Beauty Tanka Contest
Sponsor: M.L. Kiser...

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lemon white lilies
floating in a moonlit pond
yellow frog snapping
iridescent dragonfly
ending blue glittering dance


First Place Winner: M.L. Kiser-Tanka Contest-6/3/21

Third Place Winner: Line Gauthier: Bite Size Poem 12...

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Springtimes sweet caress.
    Nature dons her floral dress,
    Perfume fills the air.
    Senses seduced seek romance,
    Aphrodite's love affair.

    3 / 10 / 2022.
    Springtimes Beauty Tanka Contest.
    Sponsor M.L. Kiser....

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A bug in the woods
bit me on my – yes you’ve guessed 
but I can’t show you.
Shan’t go to the woods again
Without antihistamine

29th August 2021
A Buggy Tanka poetry contest
Sponsor - M.L. Kiser...

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Roommate mosquito
waits for me to hit the sack
turns to a vampire,
my hand strikes as a hammer,
it flies out, I break my neck.

______________

August : 30, 2021
Contest : A Buggy Tanka Contest
Sponsor : M.L. Kiser...

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feeling pangs of lust
in the pit of my stomach
took seltzer water
could be mistaken for love
or having eaten oysters

SECOND PLACE WINNER
written May 28, 2021
for "Tanka" Poetry Contest
sponsored by M.L. Kiser...

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oaks’ budding curls

      willow’s snow petals

   lush emerald lawn

bluebells…black-eyed susans

deep-rooted gift - calla lily comes round


3/4/2022
Springtime Beauty Tanka
Sponsor: M.L. Kiser
30 syllable modern tanka...

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firepit corn-on-the-cob 
cooked with husk still on 
wrapped in foil with water 
thrown into the coals 
cook thirty minutes 
butter, salt 
ahh!  


What's Cooking on The Grill This Summer Poetry Contest 
Sponsor: M.L. Kiser 
6-16-2022...

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dark lit planets skies
it is so bright very high
~round stars so glaring
both rife calms planets shine
~one great light the other less



6/2/21
 1st place placement in Contest 
FOR TANKA  POETRY CONTEST
Sponsored by: M.L. KISER...

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Spring

       Spring
       to bring
       birds to sing,
      joy in blosoms.
     Emerald emotion,
     pearly passion
     in motion.
     Season's
     King.

    02/18/22

   ' Springtime Ninnet'

    Contest by M.L. Kiser...

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gnats and mosquitoes
so doggone aggravating
hate to give them time
persisting even though warned
merit electrocution

THIRD PLACE WINNER
written August 29, 2021
especially for "A Buggy Tanka Contest"
sponsored by M.L. Kiser...

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first blossoms
on the cherry tree . . .
dawn winks pink

the honey bee
finds blue hyachinth . . .
the peaking sun

the empty garden
as twilight’s sky
spills violet

April 18, 2021
for the Spring Haiku Chain Poetry Contest of M.L. Kiser...

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azalea blossoms
fuchsia, pink, white, red --
bees are buzzing

hummingbird flutters
near backyard feeder--
hello again

pollen in the air
allergies are flaring--
warmer days and nights

4/17/21
For M.L. Kiser's
Spring Haiku sequence contest...

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gleaming in the sky
      at the infancy of dawn
       a bright morning star
  right then I knew my prayer
 for a good day was answered


Submitted for...
Tanka Poetry Contest
Sponsored by M.L. Kiser
Date written: 05/29/2021...

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