Beautiful Africa
...Africa,
In this tranquil spectre of time,
imagination tickled,
Tell,
I will tell of the treasures of a people,
Africa on my mind,
The blessed Land of the brown Chocolatey pigme...
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Categories:
tana, adventure, africa, beautiful, chocolate,
Form: Narrative
Fun
...Why so serious
Have some fun
Game has begun
Tan tana tan
Tana tana tan
Have some fun
Don't inject me
Don't use gun
Tan tana tan
Tana tana tan
Have some fun..
When nothing goes right go lef...
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Categories:
tana, art, baseball, cheer up,
Form: Couplet
Birth
...
dilating at night
delivering by sunrise-
pink amaryllis
January 25, 2021
Premiere Contest: A Moment In Nature
Sponsor: Tana Kitchin
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Categories:
tana, birth, flower,
Form: Haiku
Bless My Twigs
...Jaba Love the bite of "Bhachu"
Leaves the colour of crimson
Your chariots zooming past
Hearts so desire your embrace
Calmy I now chew worlds emerge
Anthaas is when mind envisions
Yo...
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Categories:
tana, allegory, appreciation, deep,
Form: Prose
Platonic Relationships
...Platonic Relationships
Look at the 1st quarter moon of the 7th
Day of the 7th month in the naked sky.
Japan celebrating Tanabata festival
There! The two stars Vega and Altair
Vega neglec...
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Categories:
tana, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Purge Our Consciences
...From my lowly bachelor’s house
Proudly christened ‘Embassy Fair’
I woke up to the chirping of birds
On the trees above and across the vale
And the riverine bushes in-between
I woke up to the crowing ...
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Categories:
tana, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Traditions
...Turn around.. twist.. skip.. jump up .. jump down.. stand on one foot.. hop left.. hop
right.. ok.. blink.. dance.. wave and nod...
Reuben you are out.. yes out.. you know you are out.. you n...
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Categories:
tana, adventure, family, on writing
Form: Free verse
Tanabata-W
...Look at the 1st quarter moon of the 7th
Day of the 7th month in the naked sky.
There! The two stars Vega and Altair
Blinded by love like Yaksha & his beloved
In the Bard Kalidas’s epic poem Meghd...
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Categories:
tana, stars,
Form: Verse
Tanabata-W
...Tanabata
Look at the 1st quarter moon of the 7th
Day of the 7th month in the naked sky.
There! The two stars Vega and Altair
Blinded by love like Yaksha & his beloved
In the Bard Kalidas’s epic ...
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Categories:
tana, stars,
Form: Verse
Blackberry
...I have a baby panther, she is restless and carefree.
Okay, she's not a panther; she's my cat named Blackberry.
She was found in a blackberry patch, by a girl named Tana Beck.
Who rescues cats an...
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Categories:
tana, caregiving, cat, home,
Form: Couplet