Brother Tanka Poems

This time every year

September, I remember

a special surprise-

Placed into my toddler-arms

my newborn baby brother


September 7, 2022

Contest: Remember September
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich

Today is his 80th Birthday!...

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

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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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Family and friends                        ...

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Never ever alone
My brother is my best friend
Loving all the time
Bonded bear cubs, just like that 
Sometimes squirrels, just as fun

1-September-2021...

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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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Tripwire slumber hush
blank catastrophic soulstice
cashmere solitude slush
tangerine blue hue cocktail
last summer older brother...

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What's Going  on, Brother?




   
                 Hidden by blue masks
                 Today's history
            ...

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To a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh,...

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he passed away
without a sound…
after all these years
we still listen to the 
silence of his departure


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[ded. to my elder brother]
Judged 12/13/2019 ~ NA
Memorial of a...

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thankful for things
to do, people to see —
open eyes sans clouds
and the closest friend, closer
than a brother — God


11/28/2019...

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Brother Sun flying
he will fly all day, today
it’s what he loves best.
if the clouds don’t pick on him
he’ll snooze well tonight.
...

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An Earther hath said

Adam was a rough draft, Eve

was the final yield

Abel and brother Cain was

the product of their own sin


*The 'Earther' was probably a...

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