Nature Tanka Poems

Tulips of morning
just waked from amaranth dreams,
meet glittering sun.
Dogwood rose opens redly
Pink dawn's jewel shines steady.

Beautiful flowers
respond to warmth's mute caress!
They're a dream come true
in...

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Today is as quiet 
As a crowded graveyard
Empty of life:-
Yet, the green of nature,
Shines in springing glory:-

As a brief breeze
Warmly passes by,
Silence retains its control
And...

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Sage moose families
journeying nature’s beauty,
streaming peaceful life:-
Powerful, iconic elk,
Canvassing serenity:-
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We're poetic wraiths,
Poets' souls in motion, bards,
Brainiacs, our muse,
Singing around our planet,
Nature, Love's dreams, far beyond........

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Mejiro Garden
far away in Tokyo
koi swim in a pond...
seemingly in formations
aquatic show photo-ops
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weeping on a lea
speaking in sotto voce
I am the spring rain...
whispering to the flowers
murmuring soft to the trees...

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Tree-branched bird staring,

Looking me right in the eyes;

We both confused:

Humsn and natural nature,

Inhibiting springing peace:-



Wars' twofold nature:

Destructive storms and bombings;

Both dooming in spring:-

God's spring cleaning...

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Yon I see a stream
That dancing down dwells in now
And all my thoughts seem
To beauty of Nature bow
And flow with the flow of Tao.
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THE POLITICAL NATURE OF NATURE

Though spring has arrived,
the politics of winter
is still teasing us:-
Yet, while cold winds have their time,
So will warm spring breeze have...

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After the elect
Sailed through the milky river
Christ, the golden lamb 
Shined through them in daylight blue
Like Omicron Velorum


Inspired by the Manichaean hymn "Hymn of the...

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We must not be doomed;
Our life’s nature must not be
A musky Eden:-
We must replow the nation,
And rose-garden democracy:-

Every day, we must
Overcome triumphed-up evil
And its musky...

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Finally a place,
Nothing's higher than treeline.
I can see the sky
All the time for once again.
But I'll miss all of those times....

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tour en l'air freely
reaching azure sky's above
tracing autumn's page
an opened sketch book flutters
dressing blue skies with plaid frills
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Silken thread descends,
A patient hunter's ballet,
Web of subtle art.
Then, swift strike, a captured prize,
Eight eyes watch in silent grace.

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