Five Kings of Darkness
...Having horns of coal
His hair is of twisting smoke
His flesh a dim gold
His black blood tastes of sea salt
Holding a tyrant's sceptre
With a lion's face
Skin of green-tinted copper
Wi...
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Categories:
tanka chain, dark, evil, image, myth,
Form: Tanka
Cuckoo Crow Agape
...As though treasure lost
Cuckoo chirps in rhyme hiccups
Eggs lay in crow’s nest
She knows crow will care her chicks
For mother, every child’s hers
Does cuckoo trick crow
Persuading care for ...
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Categories:
tanka chain, life, love, nature,
Form: Tanka