Love Hurts Tanka Poems

first love never dies
its flames rage loose in the wind
ashes smolder still
as fire rampages untamed
scorching fragile hearts blue-black...

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a stormy night
a walk alone by the sea
she’s lost in thinking
as they were two under the umbrella
on a romantic night by the sea


December 21, 2024.
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My heart, a cold crypt
Haunted by your ghostly thought 
Your casket empty 
Forgive my dark transgressions
You’re my eternal moonlight
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Tears fall, silent rain,
Heart aches to heal unseen wounds.
Hands reach, touch the void,
In the dance of shadowed dreams,
Love whispers, yet remains bound....

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despite affection
your inner core was cruel
I gave love freely
yet you turned it against me
I cry into my pillow...

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Loves control through Fear
Variant spouse-righteous blame
flat liner heart waves
thirty and four-lorn strangers
where does the time go...

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My heart cares so much,
But knows when it's had enough.
I know, what you mean.
As this love grows, I learn well,
Why I can never let go....

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Jewel of a friend.
Still, gemstones can be broken.
Bestest friend I had.
Our words once left unspoken
Still making me beyond sad....

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gifts Romeo rose —
he sees beauty not the thorns;
Jule’s, the angel’s light

crepuscular moon with grin
tiptoe reach will kill the mood

11/3/2020...

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lilac lethargies
dispatch De Sade disciples
cooing on Justine's
collective erotic pain--
cameo cannibal thirst...

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lying on the icy mountain
when I recall our past
emotionally, the ice melts
by the anguish of my love....

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devotion betrayed 
for my eyes did so wander
what I thought was love 
was... yes... infatuation
did I find true love... oh yes...

TANKA in 5 7 5...

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Tomorrow
One of you will be crying
Lerne bitter zu sein
Love is a fad
That comes and goes...

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Tanka
icy winds, blow swirling
clouds of cold crystals
cover all in white barrenness.
all is silent and bleak, she
left me cold and empty....

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Precious red Rose scent
Beautiful colors faded
Petals are sacred 
Bad weather and when it's cold 
My rose I am told won't bloom...

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