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Tankas Poems - Poems about Tankas


Premium MemberA Set Of Flowering Tankas

Tidal connection,
wild flowers woo a Clownfish;
Anemone bond,
give in give up a little;
Flourish and flow together.

Seeds of ambrosia,
birds fight over leftovers;
Mammals with munchies
pass around shareable plates;
It’s never polite to gorge.

Dancing Bryony 
playing both sides of the coin,
grant don’t play my wish;
Trusted you with a secret,
don’t drown my faith in poison.

Peak of abundance,
blushed pizazz peppers the air;
Cherry
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Categories: tankas, emotions, feelings, flower, nature,
Form: Tanka

Premium Member''Being Bipolar Is Like a Rose'': a Sequence of Tankas

I.
Being bipolar
is like a Rose whose bloom is 
missing some petals: 
but her color is deeper 
than all the other roses.

II.
She may never be
part of a "perfect" bouquet:
but her rich pigment
is a rare, precious paint for
Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa."

III.
Alas! She might not
be like the long-stemmed lily 
from the dells of life:
but her scent is the
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Categories: tankas, depression, hope, metaphor, rose,
Form: Tanka



Premium Member''A Ripple In Time'': a Sequence of Cosmic Tankas

A ripple in time,
we are here for a moment
like fleeting vapors
in this vast, great universe--
members of a divine God.

Into the night sky
I gaze, awed by space and time
and the wide expanse
of the Milky Way, a dot
among endless galaxies.

They spin and swirl in
a dance in the gaping voids
of space and blackness,
their light coming to us from
a
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Categories: tankas, light, moon, nature, space,
Form: Tanka

Premium Member3 Tankas On Honey

Like a Hungry Bear
I approach the Honey Jar
Slurping the Sweetness
Pearls of sticky glue dripping
Fast I Lick my lustful lips


Now the jar's empty
I Scoop the Delicious Dew
My restless fingers 
Rushing to work honestly
Leaving not a drop to wipe


My taste buds do speak
Savor the lingering last
Reaching the zenith
Grateful to  flowers and bees
My blissful heart blesses them
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Categories: tankas, fantasy, food, happiness, truth,
Form: Tanka

Premium MemberMy Love Song In Tankas

just in few moments
as the dusk obscures the sky
 lids cover my eyes
 my mind begins to reckon
the things I’ve done the whole day

a flurry it was
missing the sun in your eyes
my heart in regrets
didn’t sing you song last night
or gave you right back sweet hugs

now I sing my song
but ice cream melts on its
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Categories: tankas, dedication, forgiveness, heart, hope,
Form: Tanka



Swinging On a Star Tankas-3

“Swinging on A Star”-1

Oh “Bethlehem Star” 
Bright multi-faceted points
Still shimmer from far
Above my old aching joints
Reminding me of His love.

deborah burch©
07/22/2012

“Swinging On A Star”-2

Diamonds on blue
Yours glimmering by the moon
Is “Venus”…still true...
Holding your heart, as I croon
Sweet love songs in moonbeam hues.

deborah burch©
07/22/2012

“Swinging On A Star”-3

Catching golden love,
These moonbeams in a jar,
You watch from above
As
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Categories: tankas, allegory, love, nature, ,
Form: Tanka

Teasing Tankas

Before my eyes blink
In rays of a waking day
I can see you smile
As my arms gently embrace
Another night spent with you.

My lips can still taste
The passion found in your heart
Relighting embers
Of my own sensual hunger
As I move into your kiss

I know your essence
The scent of your love lingers
From my dreams each night
My hand reaches the
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Categories: tankas, love, sensual,
Form: Tanka

Premium MemberNight Tankas

deep in the pool
the harvest moon
bleak and surreal
too soon the image
dissolves in space


 MOON TANKA
 a single owl screech
breaks the silent
November night-
the Hunters moon
waxes blue
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Categories: tankas, introspection, seasons,
Form: Tanka

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