Anniversary Tanka Poems

Summer is ending 
hot days filled with outside fun, 
our sleeping in late. 
August ends our days off ~ done, 
back to school we must...

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Magic silver key,
fits into my silver shoes.
I was now set free,
I now owned many sidewalks.
My new skates were a big thrill.

 

Date Written: 8/4/2022

2 Place

Childhood...

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Sun up in the sky
The longest day of the year
Looking in for growth
Sitting and manifesting
Welcome to Summer Solstice...

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leading to our room. . .
fragrant petals you had strewn 
        cardinal roses 
whose hue was that of...

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Horizon's blossom
Decks of clouds dance under stars
Lightness of being
unothers sings reflections
Discarnets race to home base...

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Violets in blue  
you say they match my two eyes   
blue eyes are crying     
I wish you were...

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Memories worth pearls 
much of my past was wasted.
Until sickness struck 
My soul felt ecstatic now. 
My wife is aware I'm there....

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Cold wet winter winds 
plenty of snow to play in 
snowmen to build ~ sleds. 
Hot chocolate to drink up, 
soft furry blanket ~ cuddle....

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I love Thanksgiving.
it is the best holiday.
All the yummy food, 
from the pumpkin pie to corn,
but best is my family....

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Family and friends                        ...

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This morning I awoke
I am red from head~toe
I look silly


Last night I was dinner
they feasted on me
I filled them up


Tonight comes a trap
a net around...

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Mom and Dad, holding paper hearts, come to life in this photo taken on their 60th Anniversary. On the second line of this poem love-s-miles...

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forty years ago
we vowed to love each other
until death parts us
        the fragrance of carnations
   ...

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Love's cornerstone set
Forty-five years together
Dear wife of my youth
Our sons, their wives, our lives full
May love's embrace continue 

~ to the moon and back ~...

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You are beautiful
Brave and strong marikana
Capitalist bullets
Have not killed his spirit
The man in the green blanket...

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