Water Tanka Poems

          spiders have eight legs
   insects six — most mammals four
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Rubicon Crossing

I stand on the bank
looking at the deep water
old love behind me
new life on the other side
once I cross no turning back
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As ships in a storm,
Let’s not be dashed to pieces;
God being our rutter:-
Navigated by God,
Faithfully sail life's waters:-


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Lady Tua, frequently look in the pond,
 but who may tell her ladyship?
 That turbulent water shows no reflection.

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Spooky vibes in twilight,  
Purple rays dance through shadows,  
Gazing eyes hold secrets,  
Lady S on her throne glows,  
Fireball milkshake,...

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Water has its ways,
always disappearing, and
always returning:
Evaporating to leave,
and condensing to return:-

No need to worry,
that which you may feel dissolved,
will always be there:
Like water, supreme...

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the brilliant sun
sending down cold rain
waves getting washed
umbrella protects
walking staying dry...

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tea leaves in a cup
so feeble in the dry air
but add hot water:
nature and magic are fused
with luxuriant flavor...

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climate change
what comes tomorrow
an element of doubt
Earths rain wind and fire 
unleash onrushing tides
 
12 / 13 / 2024.
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cascading
icy slivers
ocean’s
salty spray
magnificent experience
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This world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane’s bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen translation by Michael R. Burch

Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen translation of his jisei (death...

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blazing fusion
liquid water
tidal forces
three heavenly bodies
give rise to one...

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Still lakes can listen
A babbling brook cannot hear
Cast your words with care
Into this sea of people
The source, the flow, from the mouth...

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contrariety
brown thrasher takes morning bath.... 
doves, hummers, fly in  
small and large birdbaths offer 
water consolation prize...

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