Tanka Poets on Site (October '14 prompt - December '14 prompt)

 

morphine moon . . .

fading in and out

my courage

as you ask me

where you are

 

 

October 13 prompt: morphine moon

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days when the tone

of my voice is like ice . . .

all it really needs

is the warmth

of your hug

 

 

November 11 prompt: days of ice and frost

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holding hands

we carry on our shoulders

the lightness of clouds

what can bog us down

in this journey

 

 

November 20 prompt: how we walk together

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every now and then

the flicker of a firefly . . .

still in my hand

all of you I need

to let go

 

November 26 prompt: firefly

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I watch a firefly

spiraling into the sky . . .

do you mind

carrying this message

way up to heaven

 

 

November 26 prompt: firefly

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stitching the spaces

between the silence

of twilight . . .

I sigh and let go

of all my worries

 

 

December 13 prompt: twilight changes

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