Son Tanka Poems

the host of fullness
illumination of change
made holy by God
moonlight from crepuscular 
to robust; bright with sun rays

bursting personality
the pride of Father and Son
Spirit-filled Christian
who’s one...

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*Image of Mother Son Kiss by Pixabay.

Childhood Nostalgia

a day of raining
the unavoidable mud
the look on mom's face
it slightly clashes with dad's
indelible memories

a day of sunshine
in...

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A CHRISTIAN TANKA*
without -
the waning sun
warms my face
shalom cloaks
the wells within

Note:(ichthys), or XIesoûs Khristós, Theoû Huiós, Sot?r;translates into English as 'Jesus Christ, Son of God,...

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The scent of linen,
Slacks, creams, leather. Mellow tunes.
Soft muted bustle.

	We move promptly to our quest.
	In the purse, Mom’s hard won cash.
 ~
The shoe department...
Always with...

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A daddo's desire
memories of your childhoods
my gleam of fatherhood
I "Prophet" your lives alone
Our times Together...

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Every night during 
meals, when my son is eating
his dish with relish
bugs fly around him, he shouts
with fright, until they go out

Maybe because he 
dislikes...

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War preferentials
restless badgers prone to kill
no sides innocent
we clamor democracy
tendered grandeur destruction...

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The Original Sin: Rhyming Haiku!
 
Haiku
should never rhyme:
it’s a crime!
-Michael R. Burch
 
The herons stand,
sentry-like, at attention ...
rigid observers of some unknown command.
-Michael R. Burch
...

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Turning back my head
And grey smoke rising straight up.
Who will speak for me?
Tonight I drink to excess;
I am young...any excuse....

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Wow! What a great move!
He fakes them out of their shoes!
Fifty points tonight...
Yeah, my son, 'the superstar'
~ Wish he'd treat his mother right...

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~ God  Sees  It  All  ~
( Double Tanka   )


~O~


God just sees it all
You can be sure He sees you
He...

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That's not him, I swear
   To harm a fly, he can't bear
He'd just never dare...

O, please don't lock him away!
   Now...

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Father -- role model
Chooses words so carefully
Nurtures his image...
In back rooms, behind closed doors
Shocks me with vulgarity...

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"Clapper Rail, Condor, 

Loggerhead Shrike and a lost,  

Whooping Crane, rarer..."

"Stop!" "Did you make the chess team?"

"No, because I am too short."...

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Father Abraham
Knife raised to slaughter his son
Steadfast, serving God --
Hands steady; thoughts a-tremble
'My only son, brave Yitzchok!'




        ...

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