Art Tanka Poems

the catastrophe 
avoided…wobble…wobble
lazy chair upstart
banged the curio panel
upheaval of heavy art

3/6/2023
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Bits of what we had
Became unstrung, life then spun
Out of my control.
Then saw goodness of your soul...
Sadly cannot find them all....

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Another writer's block hour
Seems as I'm  lost in the power
Shook up and dismayed 
Locked in the jaws even a cage
I will fight with might...

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I now have page six 
Nothing short of amazing 
I will boast loudly 
I should be rewarded with 
Eternal  blue rose gardens...

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No tanka author
Grips the reigns of emotions
Like Takuboku
I, my face so streaked with tears,
blithely read about his crabs
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The Nabta Playa
Stonehedges of the old age
Migrants of passage
Brave pilgrims of the unknown
Lost paradigms of the blown...

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My first  thought,  Haiku!
I kept writing twenty one
Feverous efforts 
Seventeen syllable try
Instead of six eight six or
Seven seven.seven more...

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Waiting enrage some,
While others gladly pray on...
That favour hooks grace
Unto fortune's bait and sink¡
Hopeless sinker to lift boon....

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Forever runs true,
And never say goodbye once,
Or leads mind astray.
Rather grows each passing day...
Be proud! if found claims to love....

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The Painter

I conceive, then paint,
“I’m the holder of the brush,
the canvas my choice,
and the paints await my skills.
I’m the Master of my world.”
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scorching blood red orb
clouds on silken mirror gleam 
noonday cosmic flare
ink black thunder growls, monsoon 
squall from volatile blue sky


NB Red orb is a synonym...

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At descending dusk,
setting sun paints sparkling art
on drenched July sky.
Hued lattice of wispy cloud
shines my fading twilight hour.

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July 6, 2022
Syllable count : 57577
Checked at howmanysyllables.com
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Moving 'Round Midnight'
Before Miles and Miles of Trane
Thelonious Monk
Playing the white and black keys
Preparing food for the soul...

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Eccentric but cool
A vanguard of modern jazz
Boldly blowing past bebop
Challenging the status quo
The magnetic Miles Davis...

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Picturesque garden
card ritual heralds dream
matchmaker pollen
fruit and berry broadleaf clad
amidst amorous awning

Posted : April 9th 2022...

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