Goodbye Tanka Poems

Sunrise paints the sky,
Easter's warmth on blossoms lie,
Choirs of birds sing high,
In the light, new hopes untie,
Spring's embrace, winter's goodbye....

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          the loss of a child 
    defies the law of nature;
 ...

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Goodbye sweet summer
 tis time for autumns colors 
splendid masterpiece
 even bare trees bow down to 
welcome autumn in...

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in an albertine goodbye
a delicate petalled rose
dying sans a sigh-
flutters slowly from on high
to the green sward,to lie...

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Sunset plum roses
All saffron day they waited
for hued goodbye thrills
when blooming time had stood still
Sunflower sentinels glowed

Pink sunset saga
I think heaven touched the earth
as silver...

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Autumn is golden
mirrored in still glinting lake
Sunbeams through plum trees
Nature's so long symphony
when birds soar in sympathy

Tiffany skies chills
pink robin is still singing
to an empty...

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pebbles crunching, snap
red shirt, red and yellow koi,
florals and forest
ill-fated past bids goodbye
hello garden paradise...

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Latterly skies blazed
after gold riches were lost
mourned by seas of blooms
exuding heady perfumes
Scarlet sun has gone down slow...

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funeral parlor
I tiptoe in
to say goodbye--
in stealth flight
a fearless owl


Prev. Pub. in RIBBONS, Fall 2020
Vol 16 #3...

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Gold birds at sunset
gliding ribbons of color
crowned by falling night
Far off visions in blooms lure
Beneath red firecracker stars

Cream moon's following
with determined velvet light
aiding dusky plight
Cherry...

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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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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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The leaves are flaming,
and crackling in the cold wind,
Deep green is dying.
It's like gold sun's retreating,
or sunset of the season!...

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