Future Tanka Poems

Soon dawn at plum morn
though pearly moon still keeps watch,
for the golden end.
Afternoon's recalled in dreams
adorned in wild color schemes.

Memory Lane sleeps
as orange noon is...

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Lavender roses
tossed in bright, silver sunlight
Chrysanthemum spells.
Lilies of the valley ring
just when redbirds start to sing.

Marmalade clouds roam
into pink skies of evening-
Jade cactus passion!
Moon appeared,...

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The one for me is
The man I shared my first kiss.
The man I long knew
From dream of a future view.
To this day I still love...

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before life begins
we accrue fictional sins
so guilt always wins
lest any deem themselves free
to alter reality

dollars and distance
do not measure existence
despite persistence
constant debt all but assured
within...

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Slowly,
nostalgia
trickles into
torrents,to flood memory's
canyon

Crystal clear,vision's backward gaze .All future certainty lies in the past, often distant memories linger fleeting and ephmeral is the dream.Yesterday's hero,a...

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barely adult male
lacking abilities needs
aimless future trials~
driven working family 
young man dies by drunk driver...

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like Labrador retriever 
squirrel wags his bushy tail
forth and back and forth
happy go lucky* amidst
Autumnal storm of acorns


*cheerfully unconcerned about the future...

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lack of approval
unreasonable demands—
our children matter
seeds of encouragement sprout
clean, prune, cultivate, nurture






5/13/2023...

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dissident drive in
transcellular circumstance
chromosome causes
proton personalities
organic typhon swallows...

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Epitome bounds
useless waste sacrifices
will we ever learn?
our future movers, shakers
laid to a restless unknown...

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Our last pint of life
imaginary beings
we drink our future
restless humans, sentient souls
shall the 'tweens ever embark?...

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It is a new year
And I am still here waiting.
The future is clear,
For very soon I can choose
Living alongside you, dear....

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while brushing my teeth …
tragedies occur worldwide
iron mixed with clay
flooding my senses daily
filling my bottle of tears

while brushing my teeth …
railroad crossing warning lights
ignored by...

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through your looking glass
redefine your prospects
reroute all efforts
stay an undiscovered self
reaffirm life's terms within...

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