People Tanka Poems

Silent pond water,
A frog springs off a lily,
The ripples recede. 

The passing of time,
A drifting piece of plastic,
They gather many.
The dirty ditch of water,
Ignored by...

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Hallways, crowded, loud,
Bustling people, muffled sounds,
There, I stood so still.
I would wait for you right there.
Would you wait for me as well?...

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Scurrying people
windy city wind whistling
Wet animals flee
Blue thunder, silver slick streets
Hued blooms close their perfumed rooms....

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the spinneret autograph
not too kind to the insects -
the little people
the web of rich and famous
deceptive, friendly and fake...

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Yellow and pink hued
ruffled petal elegance
Magnetic beauty
drawing crowds in days so long
Simmering sunshine shadows

Time flees chase of life
around the corner of blooms
where music's playing
Blue skies...

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Sleek blurred silhouettes
beneath colored umbrellas
shun falling silver.
On the path to golden sun
strangers all walk together....

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Pretty blue sky change
just as the sun is leaving
Peace of believing
Bees return from day's searching
still butterflies under moon

Blooms closing petals
Lustrous fireflies are dreaming
Starlit muted hues
Birds...

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 Say the magic word
    And your request is granted.
           Yes, it's...

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People and Clowns

People laugh at clowns
for entertainment and sport
because clowns are fools
who laugh at them in return
because they mimic people....

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black white red yellow
brown with all colors between
we live one people
under nature's call 
all will be one and one all...

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Atlanta, Georgia
Is filled with some smart people
The parks offer peace
'Til someone is killed by guns
Sometimes~stabbing, girl and dog

Nearly every night or even in daylight someone...

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in the ocean's depth
Her hair covers her from view
From people above
Only a few will witness
Her immense beauty revealed...

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When I'm deepest green
beneath clear blue skies and seas
cascades of flowers!
Then bliss hours of my beauty
and my radiant good health.

In blue hours of green
birds sing...

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New Year's Eve Celebration

Fireworks blaze the sky
heralding in the New Year
people celebrate
though they know morning will bring
reality and headaches....

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Enamored egos
political prostitutes
We the People, Naught!!
Democracy isn't Free
Ignorance is no excuse...

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