Tracy Marks
tracymar.bsky.social
Tracy Marks
@tracymar.bsky.social
Online instructor in continuing education (creative writing, literature, personal development). Poet. Author of 4 books. Counselor/consultant. Read classics, international, quality sci fi/fantasy, interfaith books. Love nature photography, music.
TANKA
Phaethon, Icarus,
both fly too high, fall and drown
in the sea, but *we*
women who fall, surface, swim —
*we* just suffer sunburned skin.

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry
#poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets
#mythology #Icarus #Ovid #hubris
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
TANKA
I once wrote your name
in indelible letters
on my heart, tattooed
grafitti inside my skin
with one four letter word: love.

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikupoem #senryu #poetry
#inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #love
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
TANKA
The DANGER sign lacked
the letter D, worn away
by weather, yet still
warning: Beware! Unbridled
anger can do you great harm.

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry
#poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
TANKA
In dark November,
even darker days ahead,
sun setting at four,
our country in deep decline.
Can we really count on spring?

#tankapoem #tanka #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
#inkmine #poetrycommunity #November #autumn
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
TANKA
where to find a seat?
cafes here are too crowded.
my life, too crowded.
nowhere, no time, to destress.
I seek an inner refuge.

#tanka #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #senryusunday
#poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
NIGHT OWL TANKA
nocturnal, the owl
has exceptional vision,
hears the slightest sound.
I, night owl, listen within,
relying on inner sight.

#tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity #nature #birds
#owls #meditation #inspiration #mindfulness
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
LATE NOVEMBER HAIKU
Empty trees, bare bones
My soul mourns the falling leaves
The bleeding colors

#haiku #3lines #poetry #poem #haikupoem #inkmine
#micropoetry #skypoets #poetrycommunity #November
#autumn #trees #grief
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
HAIKU
Darkness increasing.
The candles we keep lighting
Flicker in our hearts.

#haiku #haikupoem #3lines #senryu #micropoetry
#poetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets
#November #grief
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
TANKA
Birch tree, spindly limbs,
thin bark, how do you survive
winter’s freeze, blizzard’s
gusts? Teach me to find the strength
I need in relentless storms.

#tanka #tankapoem #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #haiku #trees #nature
#winter #self-help #inspiration
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
AGING TANKA
Daily I check in
with each body part. Each one
has a screaming voice,
making sure that I hear it.
Today — stomach, colon, hips.

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #senryu #inkmine #poetry
#micropoetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #skypoets #aging #seniors #health
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
TO READERS OF MY POETRY:
I post my political poems (mostly tankas) in my other BlueSky account -- *You can follow me there too!*
bsky.app/profile/trac...

#poetry #poetrycommunity #tanka #writing #skypoets #blueskypoets #nokings #wethepeople #indivisible #saveourdemocracy #democracy #moveon
bsky.app
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
DUAL TANKA revised
Narrowing my mind,
focused on mudpits, they grow
much larger, become
quicksand, drag me deep into
the muck. I’d rather open

to joy, widening
my consciousness, transcending
my stuck self — look there!
by the playground, a small pit
over which I can now leap.
#tanka #haiku #poetry
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
TANKA
when you reach the end
of that dark tunnel and there
is only a wall,
no light, no door — cry, call out
pray, wait. Be open to grace.

#tanka #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #poem
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
TANKA
learning to make space —
unexpected happenings
unforeseen crises
the gift of new connections—
in unplanned moments, I wake

#tanka #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #poetry #poem
#inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
UNDERSTANDING YOUR DREAMS
Learn Jungian & Senoi techniques to help you deepen your understanding of your dreams, exploring their personal meaning. 2-sessions, zoom, Thurs 11/20 & 12/4
lexingtoncommunityed.org/class/unders... #dreams #dreamwork #self-help #transformation #Jung #psycholology #Jung
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
DUAL HAIKU
So sweet and tangy,
I used to be a pop tart—
just a hint of crunch.

But life inflamed me,
sizzling skin till I became
barbecued chicken.

#haiku #haikupoem #senryu #micropoetry #poetry
#poetrycommunity #inkmine #blueskypoets #humor
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
ROBERT FROST POETRY COURSE on zoom
2 Tuesdays, Nov 18 & 25 6:45-8:45pm EST
newtoncommunityed.org/course/rober...
Explore Frost's world & 12-15 of his poems. In-depth focus on Stopping by Woods and The Road Less Traveled.
#robertfrost #poetry #poetrycommunity #literature #authors #edusky #authors
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
TANKA
I am not a fan
of pingpong conversations.
Individual
sports allow us to take turns,
take our time, fully present.

#tanka #tankathursday #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #inkmine #conversation
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
DUAL TANKA
Narrowing my mind,
focused on mudpits, they grow
much larger, become
quicksand, drag me deep into
the muck. I’d rather

be open to joy,
transcend my stuck self, widen
consciousness — look there!
by the playground, a small pit
over which I can now leap.
#tanka #tankathursday #haiku #poetry
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NOVEMBER TANKA
Outside my window –
the bare bones of the maple.
I know what it’s like
to shed my clothes, be exposed,
live as if I had no skin.

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #skypoets #nature #trees #autumn
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
TANKA
November: drab skies,
distant trees with orange fuzz,
last gasp of color
then fading, fall unleafing
till April springing.

#tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #haiku #haikupoem #nature #autumn
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
TANKA
Trees bleeding color —
I feed on hints of crimson
and scarlet, trying
to gorge myself on brilliance
before winter’s grey and slush

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #micropoetry #poetry
#inkmine #poetrycommunity #skypoets #nature #autumn
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
HAIKU
intoxication:
fall's flamboyant revelry,
winter's hangover
#haiku #3lines #poetry #micropoetry #inkmine
#skypoets #poetrycommunity #autumn #nature
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
One, two, three alarms —
Still resist waking from warm
blanketed cocoon.

#haiku #senryu #3lines #micropoetry #poetry #inkmine
#poetrycommunity #bskypoets #skypoets #poem
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
HAIKU
My sunglasses lost
I look everywere for them
except on my head

#haiku #3lines #senryu #micropoetry #inkmine #poetry
#poetrycommunity #skiypoets #bskypoets #humor
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM