Short Rollick Poems

Rain poured the night before
Reviving cobblestone
Ribbons round tambourine
Rollick, she kept ringing
Response of the peasants
Remarkable impact.
Ray of blush on her face


9/2/2023...

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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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R-est while on vacation,
U-sing a resort to frolic;
T-ired and burned-out body
H-as to skylark and rollick.

Y-ou rest while on vacation,
O-n the fifth of September;
S-tart to bask in a fine place
O-f the summer or winter.
Y-our heart, mind, and soul need to enjoy relaxation;
A-im to have fun and play, rest while on vacation....

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. . . or maybe 
the esotericism of 
whatever 
passes for 
academic 
discourse 
in these later 
days of no 
Latin no Greek   
no rollick in 
the original 
tongues of bards 
who in facing 
the Moors had 
strummed of 
delayed lust 
for ladies 
a-waiting 
in their foggy 
homelands 
pining away 
from unassailable 
baconies far up 
on cold stone 
battlements 
yet holding 
the dream 
aloft ....

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They cry through open caves,
plunge behind last raised wing.
What crashes into them
is the oceans voice beheaded.
They rollick on the verge 
of a rise and fall.
Indoor cats stare out of windows
as heckling seabirds tumble and dive
for shadows of sleek iridescence.
Those hunched upon the land
hear a kraken call
made small,
a throaty ravening, 
couched within the seas rolling tongue,
where the free freely hunt
the already captive,
the almost caught....

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