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High, Just As High; Third (a Tanka)

Odin, Vili; Ve Wōðanaz, Wiljô, Wīhą Slayed and flayed Ymir Crafted Asgard and Midgard Breathed life into Ash […]

April 10, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

The Mask (a Tanka)

Laughing in public Always a smile for the crowd A mask perfected Nobody will ever hear The wailing […]

April 6, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Challenge of the blank page (a Tanka)

Notebook page empty Anxiety is rising Intimidating Fill with your breath and your truth Fill with authenticity. 4/1/17 […]

April 1, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Casting Shadows (Tanka)

Light banishes dark Casting shadows on the floor Creating darkness The light dims, the shadows grow Darkness banishes […]

March 28, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Cycles (a tanka)

Rain waters the Earth Life pushes up through the dirt Blooms turn toward the Sun In the Fall […]

March 21, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Endless Seas (a tanka)

Cluster clouds of stars Sailing through the milky seas Hundreds of brothers Sprung from the same cosmic womb […]

March 14, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry

A Stranger (a tanka)

I feel alien I’m not the same as you are I don’t belong here Outside of every side […]

March 9, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry

I Am What I Am (a Tanka)

I want to be me, But I want to be normal Just bland and boring Different is so […]

March 9, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Untouched by the Rain (a tanka)

The fire still burns Deep hot coals untouched by rain Waiting for the wind To blow the coals […]

March 7, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Loki (a tanka)

Loki comes to help Solve problems he helped create Expecting reward Who’s fooled by that sly smile? Not […]

March 2, 2017 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

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