Dark Tanka Poems

spring sun warms her bones 
the wait through winter was long
alone and lonely
now tulip and daffodil 
come visit for a season

time passes quickly
when walking with...

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Fragrance night, spicy
Breeze tangoes near tomorrow
to green world stage raves
Howling blues stir lilac dark
Starlight, whistling in the park

Clouds keep on drifting
in times of vanishing moon
It's...

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Last night I dreamt of a violent thunderstorm, one that would quickly ravish the land. I stood on my back porch watching and listening, the...

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Vast dome of night sky,
Spark slices through dark, fleeting—
Desert awash in light.
In silence, ancient secrets,
Shadows yield to the bright dance....

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Hunted by my past
My soul is bound and chained
Running while in place
Mind's crevices a playhouse
For the demons in my mind...

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Pain stitches the smile
Facade that becomes a mask
Strings hold the pieces
The invisible not seen
But the blood makes it okay...

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snow covered gravestone
monument to lost childhood
cold harsh memories
abandoned hope, love and dreams
never a Christmas blanket
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calm warm silent lake
nothing much but pure mirror,
the big moon, cute stars,
the pretty shades of gray clouds,
the dark shadows of tall trees...

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Pearl moon of music
drifting from night's dark window
the silver moon's song
Pretty notes from heart of night
and roses red in their beds

Milky moon love tune
Lilac fragrance...

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Dream leaf “fall” usher 
motley hue cascade unfurls
dull gray sky gaunt sun 
mud strewn  pockmark on limp moss,
wet nabs ripe fruit orchard splurge 

Moonlit...

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If tree’s always tree
And beast forever a beast,
Why’s man humane not?
Perhaps his intellect’s caught
On wings of whether or not.

As to his trouble,
He, no more than...

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my throat could be cut
open guts, but not gutless
with crystal cutlass
the tongue might be bold and wise
rain pours from skies; no disguise
...

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A lot lies asleep
Man inserts his concrete seed
A building is birthed 
Empty rooms reach the heavens 
Below, homeless live in hell...

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"Thunder is the sound of heavens clapping."
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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...

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