Candy Tanka Poems

when I was a kid
molasses sweets or "bullseyes"
were a tasty treat...
you'd get two for a penny
and if you had a quarter...!

a short time ago
I had...

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After the “egg” hunt,
Pretty brightly-wrapped candies
Rest in my basket. 
I liked the eggs much better,
Lacking a taste for sugar....

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Blest harvest time's here
orchard trees, covered in red
Candy apple sun
A cool wind goes by briskly
and soon stars are in my eyes

Wild fruit, ripe and sweet
falls...

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Some droplets of ash
in a white cottony fluffs
Total eye candy!
Sweet like sugar and honey
Sporadically cloudy.


03/13/22
Tanka...

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The turkey was good
I ate way too much of it
But it was juicy
I ate a bunch of candy
Thanksgiving was very fun...

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Chocolate Hershey Candy Bar- A Tanka Poem

I like my chocolate
it is just so sweet and dark.
With awesome sections
and an interesting block
when it melts I feel...

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Jelly beany rose:
So chewy yet so cosy,
Such yummy candy
So melty; yet so foamy,
Jelly roses so lovely....

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C-herish the strong love, 
A-nd the warmest attachment, 
N-eeding no hatred; 
D-evotion has truly made
Y-our heart full of affection.

Topic: Birthday of Candy M. Canchela (April...

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Lolita lady
With a little lollipop,
She simply can't stop
Her urge to shop til' she drops,
As she chews the bubble gum....

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infatuation
dark choc peanut butter cups
i crave their sweetness
devotion to my diet ...
the wrapper remains untouched

TANKA in 5 7 5 7 7 Poetry Contest
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buttery yellow
      cute puffy flowers splattered
with cinnamon dots

"Red Hots" eye candy are these
      pocket purses...

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Fruity and chocolate
Cakes and other temptations,
Worry not my dear,
I'll vanquish them all bravely
Before they reach your sweet tooth...

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a 'mountain' of sweets

inside the glass and steel jar

dolly mixtures seen

by Molly, a little girl

opposite these, mouth ajar...

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Halloween Eve’s Double Tanka

Halloween Eve’s here—
Departed souls cross over
The Veil is open . . . 
The living are always scared . . . 
Of things...

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Valentine Wishes

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