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Retired librarian . . . poetry by me . . . art by Dream, an AI drawing app . . . images are created the words of the poem often with reference to particular artists' styles and the filters offered within the app . . .

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#Tanka
#poetry

Two words I just learned took me hostage until I wrote a Tanka using them.
The words are:
antithalia: adjective- Opposed to fun, festivity, or joy.
renitent: adjective- Resistant to compulsion or pressure.
The source for the words is Wordsmith.org by Anu Garg.
An AI derived image of a smartphone with the Tanka on the screen. The Tanka is titled ANTITHALIAN REBUKE: LAUGHTER, the Tanka is: Remain renitent do not continue scrolling take a long deep breath start diaphragm contractions with respiratory sounds.
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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An AI generated image of a rabbit sitting on snow surrounded by icicles. The Tanka is: It's so cold out here the bitter air feels brittle tiny icicles jabbing my lungs with each breath as a bunny scampers by.
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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An AI generated image of a man sitting in a jail cell reading the newspaper. The Tanka is: Sitting in the cell read lies about what happened lost my innocence I was there I lived that day news altered reality.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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An AI derived image of a sculpture of an older woman comforting a child in a classic style. The Haiku is: Memory can fade history is forgotten empathy binds us.
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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An AI derived image of a face in a mashup of the styles of Picasso, Chagall and Rothko. The Tanka is: Minds wander alone meandering with intention sorting connecting distilling sight sound smell touch sculpting our humanity.
January 29, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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An AI derived image of a rural winter scene with snow covered fields bare trees a a small red house. The Hsiku is: Frigid sunny day harsh shadows tattoo the snow only the wind moves.
January 29, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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#tanka commentary
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An AI derived image of two clocks both showing the time as midnight or noon with a plaque that reads right wrong scales. The Tanka is: Scruples can hinder immobilize the timid excite the conscience what is the right thing to do more time to deliberate.
January 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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An AI derived image of a cartoon Trump with a very large nose with his hands on top of a pile of cash. The Tanka is titled The Domestic Emouluments Clause the Tanka is: Right under our nose our nose just rubbed in it looking down his nose a silver spoon in his mouth dipping that beak everywhere.
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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An image grabbed of the web. The Tanka is titled What? the Tanka is: Close your eyes it's gone what you don't see isn't there sophist ignorance a structured mendacity redacting troublesome truths.
January 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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An AI derived image of a pedestal with books piled on tip, books falling on either side on a background of a printed page. The two stanza Tanka is: Vocabulary a set of words heard or read accumulated each a meaningful unit strung together to connect. Words can sooth and heal weaponized words can cause pain inciting mayhem tender phrases blunt despair judicious use saves lives.
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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An AI derived image of distant galaxies with a steaming cup of coffee in the foreground. The Tanka is: Dreaming about space travelling through emptiness unknown universes beyond the visible light roused by the scent of coffee.
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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An AI generated image of a lone wolf on a trail in the woods. The Tanka is: A distant howling pierces the frozen night air under a full moon the rumored neighbourhood wolf or wind rushing through the woods.
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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An AI derived stylized image of a woman's head in profile with her head filled with shapes and swirls and imaginary words in imaginary scripts surrounding her head. The Haiku is: Shape sound and meaning symbols given voice and sense all this in a word.
January 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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An AI derived image of sticks and stones lying on top of pages of a book. The Haiku is titled Disinformation ADAGE, the Haiku is: Sticks and stones break bones words never hurt anyone unless their meant to.
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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An AI derived image of an unmarked tombstone in cemetery at edge if a forest. The Tanka is: Immortality the quintessential long game bestowed over time fostered in stories and myths just do no harm and live well.
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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An AI derived image of a man sitting cross-legged on the floor of a forest with a pile of books behind him. The Haiku is: If a book is banned when no one is listening who will hear my screams.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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An image of protests in Minneapolis January 2026 from Heraldo USA. The Tanka is titled The Moral Imperative, the Tanka is: The straight and narrow an unyielding boundary between right and wrong hold the line firm at all cost justice not negotiable
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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An AI generated image of Jeffrey Preston Bezos and Elon Musk sitting behind a table of cash. The title of the Tanka is Profit Uber Alles the Tanka is: Sense of déjà vu familiar discomfort manifest disease different players same play corporate greed versus peace.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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An AI derived image in the style of Chagall of a woman bundled against the cold in a winter scene with icicles hanging under her shawl. The Tanka is: It's extremely cold what's called a polar vortex frostbite conditions a winter phenomenon even icicles shelter.
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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An AI derived image of a letter with a Service Disruption Notice. The Tanka is titled SERVICE DISRUPTION NOTICE and is: In the near future climatic catastrophes famine and disease insurrection and revolt will impact humanity.
January 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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An AI derived image of a man cautiously walk in a snow storm. The Haiku is: Hidden dangers lurk lubricious conditions downfall under foot.
January 24, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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An AI generated image in the style of Kandinsky of a couple in the right fore ground with the bright blue sky taking up 80% of the image with a bright white circle and an red orange circle. The Tanka is: Brilliant blue skies magnificent works of art learning something new the tenderness of our kisses some of my favourite things.
January 21, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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An AI generated image of Elon Musk arms spread wide in a gesture of openess and trust with an image of the the earth behind him. The Tanka is: Mere mortals like me and most probably you too cannot comprehend billionaires will save earth they're very rich just trust them.
January 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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A collage of four AI derived images of heart-shapes containing various images such as fish, a landscape and room with a library. The Tanka is: What is this thing love a turbulent joyousness visceral delight the hollowness of absence sublime comfort of laughter.
January 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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An AI derived stylized image of a river with green riverbanks, mountains in the dustance and flowers. The Haiku is: When least expected tiny crumbs of enchantment sustain our humanity.
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 PM