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Little Poems - Haiku - Tanka - Etc

by Tinker

Rated: E · Book · Writing · #2153754

A place to share my little poems, haiku, tanka, than bauk, 24 Syllable, etc

birth and death
of a moment
haiku
~~jvg:

Signature image for Honorable Mentions for 2017 Quill Awards

Editor's Pick eyestar's June 28, 2018 Newsletter Fukuda Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Debi Wharton

Jan 20, 2020 at 6:57pm
In response to "Words In Line"

Nicely done, I wished I had your talent to write poetry.

1 Like

Debi Wharton

Jan 18, 2020 at 5:06pm
In response to "Fur Play"

This is beautiful!

1 Like

Roseille ♥

Nov 9, 2019 at 10:08pm
In response to "After the Storm"

A powerful poem in 25 words or less!

1 Like

Lostwordsmith

Oct 27, 2019 at 12:52pm
In response to "Mandatory Evacuation"

Oh, how awful. My heart goes out to you and I hope that your home will be safe.

🌕 HuntersMoon

May 26, 2019 at 11:32pm
In response to "Haiku 2019 #23 "

How alliterative of you... 😂 🤣. Fun and fabulous!

Tinker

Jan 23, 2019 at 1:15am
In response to "Tidying"

Thank you, KonMari has certainly enhanced my life. But it is an ongoing process. It has to be revisited every once in a while. ~~ Tink

Krista of House Mormont

Jan 22, 2019 at 11:49pm
In response to "Tidying"

I love this so much! (Both Kon Mari & the poem!)

🌕 HuntersMoon

Jan 1, 2019 at 10:36am
In response to "Soldier's Bride"

Hey Tink

Nicely done. Being a retired soldier, this one carries a lot of emotion for me as I think back to the years of family separation my family endured.

Ken

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Tinker

Jul 18, 2018 at 1:36am
In response to "5 Year Chip"

I had read the prompt right before leaving for the office. The word was in my head when I pulled out of the driveway and a man was standing down the road with a paint roller in his hand. As I approached he waved me down and I recognized him as the middle son of my late best friend. He is in his 50s now but I've known him since he was 5 and pretty much helped raised him. In his 20s he got into heavily into drugs, was in and out of jail and actually spent some time in prison. He would clean up and stop in and see me occasionally then he was off again. He has now been sort of clean for probably 10 years maybe a little more. However he legally has grown marijuana for "medicinal purposes" most of those years. But he is off the hard stuff and has held down a couple of jobs and does handy man stuff for the locals. He just wanted to say hi and said that while he was painting the house down the road he noticed the gutter at the back of my house was coming loose and he wanted to let me know he would fix it for me today before he went home. I'm all he has left of his mother and we were always close. Once I came home from the office and he was in my house cooking an abalone dinner for me from his dive that morning. Anyway to make this very long story short, the poem challenge was in my head, then he was in my head the rest of the way to the office. Reminded of his long struggle with drugs it was nice to see him look healthy and productive, triumphant!

I just had to write the poem down when I got to the office and then trim it up a bit. I first used "junkie" in stead of "addict". But the words actually have different connotations and addict could refer to anything. Being the daughter of an alcoholic, drugs and alcohol were never options for me either.

~~ Tink

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🌕 HuntersMoon

Jul 17, 2018 at 11:49pm
In response to "5 Year Chip"

I hear ya! 😀 (Mine isn't drugs or alcohol but once an addict always an addict)

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January 3, 2019 at 10:53am

#948785

Bitter Cold

Bitter Cold

The algid review froze her pen.
The frigid words began an avalanche
of doubt.
The thaw will come.
~~jvg

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1 Like • Comment

January 2, 2019 at 10:44am

#948697

Letter Home

Letter Home

The sapid words he wrote
lingered lovingly on her tongue
and on her heart
as she read aloud.
~~jvg

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December 31, 2018 at 1:10am

#948520

Soldier's Bride

Soldier's Bride

All night she cried,
a portent of more nights to come,
in daylight she wore a smile
waiting his return.
~~jvg

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December 28, 2018 at 11:36am

#948362

Leaving the Nest

Fledgling rider,
places foot in stirrup,
gets boost from the rear,
straddles the saddle,
eager to fly
~~jvg

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November 7, 2018 at 5:26pm

#945104

Coming Home

Coming Home

Fun sunny days
now give way to
cool haze, brown leaves.
Harvest weaves charms,
conceives grace in autumn's arms.
~~ Judi Van Gorder

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November 2, 2018 at 10:43pm

#944763

Haiku #41

2018 #41

crescent moon softly
welcomes this hard Friday’s end
tired body and mind
~~jvg

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October 18, 2018 at 4:41pm

#943701

Black Moonlight

Black Moonlight

Witching moon merges
into the starless night sky.
Vampire bats scatter
while gossamer ghosts float by.
Dare if you must, trick or treat.
~~ Judi Van Gorder.

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October 12, 2018 at 2:47am

#943261

Beyond

Beyond

The golden labyrinth
beyond imagination threatens
a madness
from which there is no return.
jvg

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October 5, 2018 at 10:02am

#942722

haiku 2018 #38

rain slicked two lane road
prinked with golden fallen leaves
autumn passage
~~jvg

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September 9, 2018 at 3:06am

#941089

With Gratitude

These words are my homage
with gratitude,
to an American hero,
Senator John McCain.

~~Judi Van Gorder

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