Short Thirstily Poems

Dreamland
Miracle Man
7/28/2022

From lighter times in another zone,
yesteryear’s voices ride upon the breeze.
Faded faces now appear as if unknown,
and thoughts drift by as if to tease.

But like most earlier times of youth,
 life was taken thirstily by the hand.
In retrospect, I didn’t embrace the truth,
my life was planted in a dreamland.
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Talking of morality abuse
and implanting of false truth,
words stammer.

A fiery birth after
the mist. I intend to collect
the dark energy of beyond.

A pillow dance waits
for the inevitable death.
Only one eye will see the moon.

You bend back,
open the eyes thirstily.
Let Venus unwrap the breast-

and start swimming
in gunmetal sky for the final
journey of delinquent mind.


Satish Verma...

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growth, nature, rain, seasons, summer, word play,

MIGHTY SUNFLOWERS © TANKA

Sunflowers in fields 
Bowing to the rising sun
Turning faced upwards
Withholding their mighty stocks
As all roots knit asunder!

growth, nature, rain, seasons, summer, word play,
 
HARVESTING © TANKA

Rain drops call from clouds
Wet the now blackening soil
New roots drink thirstily
Crops now grow from planted seedlings
Harvest 'feed' aplenty!...

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