Short Tanya Poems

fireworks in the night
are they only in my mind?
  july  fourth migraine...

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a kingly sort sits
atop his lily pad throne
about to croak out

Tanya Harrington

© 05-10-12...

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peacock feathers paint
verdant fields and azure skies
flowing florid views

Tanya Harrington   ©  08-03-2012...

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daily dose
  your meditation
      ~ don't forget




   *inspired by Tanya Kitchin's entry
    in Bobby May's '3-Word Poem Contest'...

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firm rosy blossoms
titillating bounties of
plump luscious young buds

Tanya Harrington
©  11-10-2012
For: Sexy Haiku Contest...

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pull my velvet
strings
and I'll sing
crushing lines

of our
cherry filled
lives

Tanya Harrington
Septolet the Puppet Contest
9-23-2012...

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stately blue jay waits
calmly swoops down from tree limb-
squirrel loses nut

January 18, 2021

Contest: A Cardinal, Blue Jay, Or Chickadee
Sponsor: Tanya Kitchin
...

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Softly you kiss me
stirring I awake to you
safe in the knowledge
that here, in your arms I rest
passionate love overwhelms me

contest: one tanya - theme- love note  written 06/14/2013...

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Orange Lovers

The artist Michaelangelo
loved to eat a tangelo
and Da Vinci could be seen 
munching on a tangerine

Celebrity or Famous Person Contest
Sponsored by Tanya Kitchin
March 29, 2019...

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On moonbeams we ride
floating through heaven's night sky
gently guided on
toward our "Love Nest" waiting there
for our passion to ignite

Tanya Harrington
©  07-24-2012
Swinging on a Star Contest...

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Scorching plumes billow upward
Devouring light
Reaches across the heavens
To invite the night
Celestial pyre
Reduced to smoldering coals
Daylight's bold retire

Tanya Harrington
©  9-26-2012
Wonder of Dusk Contest...

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reeking much havoc
critters invade our spaces
destruction of things

cold concrete forests
replace nature's habitat
destruction of life

Tanya Harrington
©  07-30-2012
Two Worlds Colliding Contest...

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I have wandered across seas of knowledge and understanding
trying to grasp the fundamental truth
that is after all divine
what I know of the self is that
the eternal holy one
cannot be found

and no thoughts can apprehend you....

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The Judgement came, with a ghastly boom.
The righteous awaited glory.
The iniquitous felt shame.
They had fallen from grace.
Darkness engulfed them.
Their punishment
was to stay
as trapped
souls.

Tanya Harrington
©  06-11-2012
Imagination Contest...

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Suddenly she is all grown up
Time to declare I am over the hill
as I hurtle down, filled with
gratitude; a spring in my step

I am a suitor again;a paternity suitor
filled with thanksgiving and joy
The providence of God delights me
on the birthday of my daughter,Tanya...

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war rages upon buttes
nature's elements lash out
against lofty peaks

frigid winds and rain
slowly carve out gaping wounds
indiscernibly

deeply scarred faces
erosive testimony
of battered bodies

Tanya Harrington  ©  07-03-2012
For Mountain Haiku Contest...

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chatter
continuous
banter which numbs the brain
chafing background noise that belies
patience and composure squandered away
meaningless, dreary remarks told
about nothing central
drifting weary
chatter


Tanya Harrington  ©  05-30-2012
Sound Of Emotion Contest...

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reduced
to glowing coals,
embers smolder
waiting for some bright spark
to rekindle an old flame's
liveliness

brilliant
fervid blazes
emanate with
radiant waves of warmth,
only the sun could compare
to such zest

Tanya Harringotn
©  11-05-2012
Views From A Vignette Contest...

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I miss the celery and the salt
the dandelions and herbs we bought
Don't you think you really ought
to season up the soup?


The pot is simmering so right
the smell of cooking fills the night
come on in and take a bite
and season up the soup.

You're the one who adds the touch
the flavor that we love so much
our friends are showing up for lunch
so season up the soup!...

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Marie

I’m that shameless child
Riddled with ADD,
Born to be wild and free.

My name is Tanya, but
My middle name is Marie,
I’m comfy in running
Shorts and a tee.

My favorite color is blue,
My eyes are that color too.
I’m terribly afraid of donkeys,
But I’m great at air hockey!

I love the humid summer air
It’s great for my curly hair
Being married is my worst nightmare!...

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TANYA

My Sister is leaving me,
she's going away today.
How will the palms sway,
while she's away?
 
Our names are the same,
from a different birth canal she came,
but I have so much in common with this dame.
 
She's a Sister to me,
she likes women,
and I like men,
but she's a sister to me.
 
I love her like a best friend.
I'll love her till the very end.
She's a Sister to me....

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She turned ten;wasn't there
In love and war,all is fair
Father and daughter apart
Now off to a new start

She turned twenty, not present, if I say
Only an Indian ocean away 
Time lost; absence felt
My heart,my life had to melt

She turned thirty in the land of the free
Once again, without me
Can anything destroy my love for her ?
She turns thirty one today;Happy Birthday my daughter...

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Nein is German for no to that we agree
Maybe if you had said it you wouldn't  be
Pregnant, with time to stew over a babies name
Will it be Tanya or Zoe  or maybe William 
Up on cloud nine is where you will stay
All dressed up to the nines until that day
The baby arrives  I see smiles on your faces
All the anger, bad moods gone with no traces
What name have you chosen, no hints so far
You have named him Oscar he is your star...

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She thinks she completely invisible..
Truth be told, I've always known.
Always lurking in the background..
Live your own life and leave me alone..

Kindly mind your own business..
Every dog shall have its day.
Rivals we will always be..
Tanya do you want to play?

And as you slandered me last year..
Now the table has greatly turned.
You will never know me through my poetry..
And its obvious you have never learned....

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Tanya 
kind, curious, silly and shy
sister of two brothers, much older than I
loves music, dancing, nature and Labradors
who hopes optimisically, ponders reflectively and hordes sentimentality
who fears not being remembered, man's moral decay and this progressive disease
who would like to see all the wonders of the world, peace among nations and honesty in all human faces
resident of life's flowing waters
Harrington

©  9-27-2012...

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