Summer Tanka Poems

through my long-stemmed glass
red & white stripes, blue with stars
merlot reflection
muted-purple silhouette
prolonged sips, flag pole on porch...

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refresh and fresh fruits
summer breeze after sunset
lovers summer nights
bright neat so blue stars up there
overhearty love is here...

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                    Juneberries

sweetish...

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High Fives for June 6-10-25
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Juneberry

garden chameleon
green leaves turn red then purple
nicknamed sugarplum
berries of blue in clusters
hedgehogs feast on summer treats
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This evening's sunset
Paints sky into pink and blue
As the summer's warmth
Surrounds this body you love
As I am thinking of you....

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Chaos color blast
blue sun is traveling fast
past a blood red moon.
Creatures scurry for cover
on the dark side of summer.

Red tailed comets streak
Paisley colors growing weak,
Midst...

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a summer storm
dazzles with a splash 
of inspiration
a pluviophile’s
sudden epiphany

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without-
the waning sun
warms my face
shalom cloaks
the wells within


with a tremor of light-
daybreak tinges
the nigrescent sky grey-
the horizon appears
distinct in my mind's eye

on the wind
a bell...

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fierce sun 
evaporates my thoughts 
breeze 
flips my umbrella 
redirects my mind
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Somber summer storm

Teases dark clouds with lightning

Orthodox at first-

Reforms with loud thunder booms

Morphing war midst armored skies

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Plump, firm, and juicy - 
Enticing summer delight,
Achingly luscious,
Captured from your soft tree swing,
Hacked up and baked in a pie.
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Bluebells are a symbol of humility, gratitude and constancy

A perfect day is not lackluster, nor lusting for more, but
rather knowing the plenitude in each sentient...

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The summer solstice
in years past so much welcomed...
now there's foreboding:
soaring temps, wildfires, drought...
idyllic days are numbered....

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A morning sunrise...
multicolored flowers stretch
welcoming the light,
radiating redolence...
Summer's attar and essence....

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