List: A Tanka Day

• [ as I close my eyes ]

  as I close my eyes
  I see you reflected in my dreams

  4 lines, 14 comments, on Apr 22 9:14 PM. In Love, Life, Thoughts, Personal, NaPoMo
• moonrise tanka

  eyes now sheltered by my
  outstretched fan, still search

  7 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 21 9:12 PM. In Life, Love, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• sunrise pillow book

  sunrises
  pale fingers caress the sky

  4 lines, 22 comments, on Mar 18 4:59 AM. In Contest, Love, Personal, Spiritual
• moonless night

  Moonless night
  A million points of light

  4 lines, 22 comments, on Dec 3 1:52 PM 2008. In Love, Life, Nature, Spiritual
• Waxing Moon Four

  once more the moon,
  completes her metered route

  4 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 21 3:52 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Thoughts, Personal, NaPoMo
• [loves last stand] rewritten

  just yesterday
  sweet spring addled heart and mind

  23 lines, 25 comments, on Apr 24 5:58 AM. In Love, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• words unwritten

  in my dreams I see
  my love clothed in sweet repose

  13 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 12 10:09 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• passages

  fear is natural
  with change come tears and new life

  3 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 18 6:20 AM. In Angst, Hope, Life, Pain, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• Cassiopeia's crown

  listen, softly now
  as my lover calls my name

  11 lines, 31 comments, on Apr 25 8:41 PM. In Life, Love, Nature, Personal, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• Star Strung

  my epiphany,
  eyes now closed, remembering,

  34 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 10 11:53 AM 2008. In Love, Nature, Spiritual
• Hurricane Season

  land of wind and fog
  waits in stifling silence

  4 lines, 9 comments, on Oct 31 11:25 PM 2008. In Contest, Nature
• Tanka Love Letter revised

  Our secret
  Passion shared by two

  8 lines, 36 comments, on Dec 4 7:49 AM 2008. In Love, Lyrics, Life, Nature
• Starlit Lake Side Night Tanka Chain

  starlit lakeside night
  evening sky wrapped in velvet

  26 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 12 10:30 AM 2008. In Contest, Love, Nature, Spiritual
• A Little Night Magic edited and reworked

  as moth to flame
  your love draws me through time

  48 lines, 43 comments, on Feb 6 6:41 PM. In Love, Personal, magic, Spiritual
• Silk (Tanka)

  flowing silk
  drops slowly to the floor

  4 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 5 5:12 PM. In Contest, Love, Life
• non sequitur

  my life
  has never followed

  17 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 5 5:32 PM. In Contest, Life, Personal, Lyrics
• Sweet Obsession

  with a shrug
  She can steal your heart

  10 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 5 9:46 PM. In Contest, Love, obsession
• power

  never
  underestimate

  5 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 5 9:53 PM. In Contest, Life, Love
• sumi-e (墨絵)(Tanka)

  a passion
  unfolds stroke by stroke

  5 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 6 8:34 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, passion
• pillow talk

  She bows
  her face a mask of porcelain

  6 lines, 26 comments, on Mar 12 7:57 AM. In Love, Contest, Thoughts, quickie
• another sunrise 3

  salmon pink sky
  shade fades to gray

  1 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 13 5:58 AM. In Contest, Nature
• risk

  risk
  the delicious aroma

  10 lines, 17 comments, on Mar 14 7:56 AM. In Contest, Thoughts, Weird
• Echo

  The echo
  carried on the wind

  7 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 18 5:37 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Spiritual, Thoughts
• variation on The Night That Has No Morning

  love
  when next we meet

  8 lines, 24 comments, on Mar 19 7:47 AM. In Contest, Love, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Budding Passion

  there is a point
  when springs promise floats

  4 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 24 9:16 AM. In Contemporary
• early morning Tanka

  your voice whispers
  time to greet the day my love

  5 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 26 5:36 AM. In Contemporary, Contest, Love, Life, Nature
• waxing moon

  night fell
  the crescent moon slid

  6 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 27 10:24 PM
• Tanka Dream

  In my dreams
  distance does not darken

  4 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 2 6:59 AM. In Contest, Love, Hope
• Eternity

  11 lines, 26 comments, on Apr 2 3:11 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts, Weird, NaPoMo
• Mantle

  a mantle
  of bejeweled spring blossoms

  15 lines, 23 comments, on Apr 3 10:06 AM. In Contest, Love, Life, Nature, NaPoMo
• [My Grin]

  his voice
  finds the silent spaces

  21 lines, 36 comments, on Apr 3 6:13 PM. In Contest, Love, Life, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• waxing moon three

  waxing moon
  desire builds, as with the tide

  5 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 12 9:30 AM. In Love, Nature, Thoughts, Contest, Personal, NaPoMo
• April Snow

  sudden April snow
  wild winds rattle rafter beams

  5 lines, 20 comments, on Apr 12 8:25 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Personal, Thoughts, Nature, NaPoMo
• silence

  In the silence
  you can hear my heart's tears,

  5 lines, 41 comments, on Apr 16 10:03 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Pain, NaPoMo
• the letter

  the mountain
  revealed by the rising sun

  4 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 17 6:41 AM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Love, Nature, NaPoMo
• Ephemeral

  Like smoke rising
  the memory of your last embrace

  5 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 17 8:34 AM. In Contest, Love, Life, Nature, NaPoMo
• love does dream eternal

  we spiral, in and out of life
  sentient beings but for a moment

  15 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 26 7:52 AM. In Contest, Love, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts, NaPoMo
• Only Yesterday

  when in springs first rush
  the humble crocus greets me

  8 lines, 18 comments, on May 2 9:55 PM. In Contest, Love, Life, Nature, Personal, Thoughts
• Evening Shadows

  the evening shadows
  lengthen mirroring my desire

  10 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 20 3:19 PM. In Contest, Hope, Love, Life, Nature, Personal, NaPoMo
• Dreaming

  'Tis but a dream,'
  I should say, yet

  11 lines, 20 comments, on May 3 9:17 PM. In Love, Personal, Thoughts
• spring regatta

  oriental dream
  afloat in cherry blossoms

  3 lines, 11 comments, on May 3 9:35 PM. In Nature, Love
• come undone

  my quiescent hearts
  immutable, winter bound

  4 lines, 23 comments, on May 3 9:49 PM. In Personal, Love
• Lilacs and Rain

  watching failing rain
  my mind drifts back to the

  0 lines, 14 comments, on May 4 7:58 PM
• Voice and Breath

  last night my dream spoke
  substance and matter formed

  4 lines, 15 comments, on May 5 7:57 AM. In Contest, Life, Love, Nature, Thoughts
• Rising Moon

  1 lines, 18 comments, on May 5 9:26 AM. In Contest, Love, Erotica, Thoughts
• windless rewritten

  restlessly
  the wind sculpted every branch

  5 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 2 1:46 PM
• 七夕 tanabata Evening of the Seventh Moon

  my heart longs for you
  coming to me in dream time

  25 lines, 12 comments, on May 5 7:11 PM. In Contest, Hope, Love, Nature, Thoughts, myth
• another moonrise geisha

  moonrise -
  black silk slips

  3 lines, 2 comments, on May 18 5:35 PM. In Love, Nature, Thoughts
• the simple rose

  the rose shows no duplicity
  no enigmatic guile

  4 lines, 9 comments, on May 26 7:39 PM
• the Dream

  7 lines, 10 comments, on May 26 9:38 PM
• "When our dreams can dream no more "

  are you in my heart
  only as an answer dreamt

  5 lines, 25 comments, on Jul 22 7:38 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Love, Thoughts
• [dawning]

  dawn
  waning red moon

  3 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 15 8:54 PM. In Nature, Thoughts
• drunk

  drunk with nectar
  two bees play leapfrog

  3 lines, 30 comments, on Jul 15 9:05 PM. In Contemporary, Nature, Thoughts
• [the heron waits]

  heron waits
  silently by the creek bed

  14 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 30 2:27 PM. In Contemporary, Hope, Life, Love, Pain, Personal
• [ words ]

  arguments
  mean nothing, from now on I

  5 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 13 12:51 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Pain, Personal, Sad
• [autumn]

  now autumn's wind
  drifts upon night's starlit lake

  6 lines, 16 comments, on Sep 5 6:50 PM. In Contemporary, Nature, Thoughts
• [memory]

  last spring's flowers
  seem more vibrant when viewed

  3 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 5 7:26 PM. In Life, Nature, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
• [against the albino moon]

  see how the night pales
  I watch as unseen hands paint

  6 lines, 17 comments, on Sep 5 7:54 PM. In Nature, Thoughts, Personal
• honeysuckle

  honeysuckle
  heralds springs sweet breath

  6 lines, 16 comments, on Sep 6 11:10 AM. In Contemporary, Spiritual, Love, Life, Nature, Personal, Thoughts
• [fledglings first flight]

  he perched upon
  the highest branch following

  5 lines, 20 comments, on Sep 12 6:40 AM. In Contest, Nature, Thoughts
• [alchemy]

  September's winds
  have turned green leaves to gold

  19 lines, 25 comments, on Sep 12 8:47 PM. In Nature, Thoughts
• [storm] Tanka

  I walk the old path
  silenet, but for wind and sea

  5 lines, 15 comments, on Sep 21 1:27 PM
• [Zen]

  this year I have lost
  everything- gaining solace

  10 lines, 61 comments, on Sep 28 7:29 PM. In Contest, Spiritual, Life
• [autum] Renga

  I dream I wander
  the old road slick with leaves

  6 lines, 19 comments, on Sep 30 11:42 AM. In Renga, Nature, Personal, Thoughts, Life
• [a day of prayer flags]

  autumn morning
  low clouds fly on brisk winds

  10 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 1 10:25 AM. In Contemporary, tanka, chan, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts

• By me, right now

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