Who we pray to is a choice
Outward or inward
The book may be very old
But the prayer is brand new
#tankapoetry #tanka #micropoetry #mythology #myth
Who we pray to is a choice
Outward or inward
The book may be very old
But the prayer is brand new
#tankapoetry #tanka #micropoetry #mythology #myth
Solitude fiction
We are ancestor stories
Light brought to life, words
Pages turned in an unbound
Rhythm that rhymes across time
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #peace #story
Solitude fiction
We are ancestor stories
Light brought to life, words
Pages turned in an unbound
Rhythm that rhymes across time
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #peace #story
Truth
Reconciliation
Imagination
Implementation
Evaluation
Adaptation
Evolution
But
First...
Truth
Truth
Reconciliation
Imagination
Implementation
Evaluation
Adaptation
Evolution
But
First...
Truth
Some air, we just breathe
Other, is for riding dreams
Down stone stairs, to seas
Rising to imaginings
Carrying us, to this life
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #oiasantorini
Some air, we just breathe
Other, is for riding dreams
Down stone stairs, to seas
Rising to imaginings
Carrying us, to this life
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #oiasantorini
I recognize you
The roads you have taken me
Shaken cobbled streets
Rutted side roads through farmer's
Dreams and little communities
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #athens #plaka
I recognize you
The roads you have taken me
Shaken cobbled streets
Rutted side roads through farmer's
Dreams and little communities
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #athens #plaka
To paint with sunshine
The world as your stretched canvas
Dappled with moon flecks
As you wrap up this today
Whispering tomorrow's wish
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #sunset
To paint with sunshine
The world as your stretched canvas
Dappled with moon flecks
As you wrap up this today
Whispering tomorrow's wish
#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #sunset
Love stories are made
Of madness and bright colours
Rubber on cobbles
Paint spread like lipstick on walls
Too drunk with passion to care
#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry #scooter #graffiti #athens
Love stories are made
Of madness and bright colours
Rubber on cobbles
Paint spread like lipstick on walls
Too drunk with passion to care
#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry #scooter #graffiti #athens
A simple moment
A quiet breath taken in
A look to the sky
A dove softly lands for you
Peace is always an option.
#peace #tanka #micropoetry
A simple moment
A quiet breath taken in
A look to the sky
A dove softly lands for you
Peace is always an option.
#peace #tanka #micropoetry
After the petting
I rest under a palm tree
I saw you, you me
Our connection has been quick
A little love, not love sick
#crete #tankapoetry #micropoetry #panormos #tanka
After the petting
I rest under a palm tree
I saw you, you me
Our connection has been quick
A little love, not love sick
#crete #tankapoetry #micropoetry #panormos #tanka
View changes for winter
The shepherds put up the fence
Sheep come from above
After a busy season
Grazing in the hills, now fat
#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry #crete
View changes for winter
The shepherds put up the fence
Sheep come from above
After a busy season
Grazing in the hills, now fat
#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry #crete
You woke me last night
Breaking open my quiet
Yet I am not angry
You reward with the moon full
And this lone tree in bright glow
#tanka #tankapoetry #goodmorning #micropoetry #crete
You woke me last night
Breaking open my quiet
Yet I am not angry
You reward with the moon full
And this lone tree in bright glow
#tanka #tankapoetry #goodmorning #micropoetry #crete
The price of peace is your heart on display
You are armed with a desire to love
The only weapon you carry is hope
Courage is open arms to hostile minds
We are both the enemy and the friend
Our choice is what we portend
Painting: Friend of Peace by Macedonia's Vasko Taskovski
The price of peace is your heart on display
You are armed with a desire to love
The only weapon you carry is hope
Courage is open arms to hostile minds
We are both the enemy and the friend
Our choice is what we portend
Painting: Friend of Peace by Macedonia's Vasko Taskovski
Maternal Instincts
To save us from destruction
Perhaps we need more
Than something that makes money
Perhaps care and empathy
#tanka #tankapoetry #UNGA2025 #AI #MaternalInstinct
Maternal Instincts
To save us from destruction
Perhaps we need more
Than something that makes money
Perhaps care and empathy
#tanka #tankapoetry #UNGA2025 #AI #MaternalInstinct
If I could, I would
Write a poem to quell hate
Dangerous men melt
Back into the swamp of lies
Returning to myth and dank
#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry
If I could, I would
Write a poem to quell hate
Dangerous men melt
Back into the swamp of lies
Returning to myth and dank
#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry
It is quiet now
Before the storms take our shores
We are eroded
The foundation has come loose
Mad men do not build good lives
#tanka #micropoetry
It is quiet now
Before the storms take our shores
We are eroded
The foundation has come loose
Mad men do not build good lives
#tanka #micropoetry
Fragile poetry
Assembled words on a page
Heated in the fire
Becomes a warrior's yell
Fighting against injustice
#tanka #micropoetry #resistance
Fragile poetry
Assembled words on a page
Heated in the fire
Becomes a warrior's yell
Fighting against injustice
#tanka #micropoetry #resistance
A walk in the woods
September Jack-o'-lanterns
Growing from the roots
Beautiful but do not eat
Unless you want to see God
#tanka #micropoetry #
A walk in the woods
September Jack-o'-lanterns
Growing from the roots
Beautiful but do not eat
Unless you want to see God
#tanka #micropoetry #
It is in the bright
This energy giving life
Our enlightenment
Each moment of truth revealed
The shadows uncontinued
#micropoetry #tanka #SantoDomingo #encarnacion
It is in the bright
This energy giving life
Our enlightenment
Each moment of truth revealed
The shadows uncontinued
#micropoetry #tanka #SantoDomingo #encarnacion
This moment is yours
Pearls on a string hung like dew
Promising sunshine
To evaporate worries
Replacing them with your dreams
#tanka #micropoetry
This moment is yours
Pearls on a string hung like dew
Promising sunshine
To evaporate worries
Replacing them with your dreams
#tanka #micropoetry
I want to dissolve into you
Like honey in hot tea
To know that your sweet lips
Taste of all I can give you
I want to dissolve into you
Like honey in hot tea
To know that your sweet lips
Taste of all I can give you
Piles of your old clothes
You try them, toss into piles
To keep, give away
There is a metaphor here
About our life in general
#micropoetry #tanka #sorting
Piles of your old clothes
You try them, toss into piles
To keep, give away
There is a metaphor here
About our life in general
#micropoetry #tanka #sorting