Rose Tanka Poems

Sweetheart, please be mine.
       Ignore your hesitation .
      Oh , my Valentine !
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the morn never came
the sun denied to arise
defied its duty
to say good-bye to hiding
veiled below the horizon

an early bird rose
but if the sun never rose
what...

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Tulips of morning
just waked from amaranth dreams,
meet glittering sun.
Dogwood rose opens redly
Pink dawn's jewel shines steady.

Beautiful flowers
respond to warmth's mute caress!
They're a dream come true
in...

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Petals softly fall,
A blush of rose now waning,
Time's gentle, cruel hand,
Steals the vibrant fleeting hue,
Only memories remain.

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We must not be doomed;
Our life’s nature must not be
A musky Eden:-
We must replow the nation,
And rose-garden democracy:-

Every day, we must
Overcome triumphed-up evil
And its musky...

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a rose softly blooms
petals blush with sweet whispers
hearts in union beat
beneath the moon’s tender glow
love’s promise lingers ever
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Strawberry red skies
when home beckons through sage woods
Pink love's going down
as dewdrops on purple rose
prior to the velvet close

Flowers follow me
their fantasy fragrances
recalling burnt gold
Beauty's...

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We must not be doomed;
Our life's nature must not be 
A musky Eden:-
We must re-plow the nation,
And rose-garden democracy:-

Every day, we must
Overcome trumped-up evil,
And its...

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   Oh ! My valentine  :
    Ignore your hesitation .
      Dear, come close, be...

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laminated white
trees, shrubs, green rose bushes' leaves....
brilliant sun rises
garden fence top board glistens
dove stands with fluffed feathers    ...

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light bursts flaming 
on alabaster waves 
savours moment
clutching rose umbrella 
shuts eyes in ecstasy...

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love was from the start
a rich poem I would pen 
speaking of beauty 
the words would travel with me
through decades of tears and rust...

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...when thorns ruffled my rose
and sunflowers stole the light 
my intuition searched 
those seven spirits of faith ~ 
once lulled by whispering waves... 

caressed by...

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Arrayed as victim,
Loaded against her all dice, 
Rose stood, her face grim.  
Her virtues vain versus vice,
All mute was she like frost ice.

Versus vice...

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Mysterious blue
as midnight moonlight spills on
meandering dreams.
Once butterflies' ball is done
merlot bliss lies past the sun!

Red Mars reveries
join nights of mulberry rose
camouflaging green.
So many are...

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