List: Ten tankas

poems for possible publication

• [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
• 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
• 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
• [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
• [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
• [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, 60 comments, on Sep 28 7:29 PM. In Contest, Spiritual, Life
• 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
• 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
• 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
• sunrise pillow book

  sunrises
  pale fingers caress the sky

  4 lines, 22 comments, on Mar 18 4:59 AM. In Contest, Love, Personal, 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
• [ 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
• [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
• Silk (Tanka)

  flowing silk
  drops slowly to the floor

  4 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 5 5:12 PM. In Contest, Love, Life
• [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
• [ words ]

  arguments
  mean nothing, from now on I

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

• By me, right now

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by Draig aine

Categories: Nature, Spirituality, Tanka

Collaborators: Bruce

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