Short Water Tank Poems

The hand comes out of the
rubble to throw
the musky odor
of a cross-legged
monk
under the ginkgo tree.

An apparition comes
outside the body of a fan-shaped snake;
ignites the wolf.
We were hungry,we were thirsty.
Untwining we went into the cave
for a snowgod. 

Tossing the coins 
in the water tank;
tying the thread onto a
ficus tree,
the weeping shepherd said-
I want nothing.





 Satish Verma...

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A red clock and the dwarf
will not meet on the wall.
Time slips out in virginal shyness.

On the verge of collapse was
an ossified civil group
after emotive conception fails.

Unambiguously an azure
sky measures the human steps
in somnambulant thoughts.

You throw a bound kid
in a water tank, after postpartum blues
and walk away with a halter.

Who will grab the fractured
age, during the fire dance?
A mirror lies flat after announcing the award.


Satish Verma...

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	Matt Caliri
Contest Name
	New Language

angus plonking wobbletrot,
rode a hoss but should have not,
had trubble with three magigator,
not his tie a gettin straighter,
wid a windsor knott.

hoss him kinda wantum rootum,
owner bloody wantum shootum,
sandgoannas not taste 2beautum,
wrong calibre no sight,
worried fella not 2 bright,

fella had a snake in shed,
shootem rootem saddle ned,
bullets bouncin yep mathilda,
shot water tank empty un-filled her,
insanitary is rite, bad 4tnite.....

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