Tanka Poems
Chanting Spring
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
Sweet snowdrop bells ring!
The violets are coming
Days are chanting spring.
Crimson camelias call
from dreams near the garden wall.
Gold sun fields await
rich tulips of tomorrow!
Lily's never late.
Then pansies' pink faces greet
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Yesterday in a Moment
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
Soon dawn at plum morn
though pearly moon still keeps watch,
for the golden end.
Afternoon's recalled in dreams
adorned in wild color schemes.
Memory Lane sleeps
as orange noon is coming,
after dusk scarlet.
Lemon-lime hours revisit
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A Bang Up Sunset
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
Gold birds at sunset
gliding ribbons of color
crowned by falling night
Far off visions in blooms lure
Beneath red firecracker stars
Cream moon's following
with determined velvet light
aiding dusky plight
Cherry red before they bed
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A Chase to the Sea
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
Running with the breeze
Gray cat and blue butterflies
Orange sunset skies
Zest meets curiosity
just to hear the ocean roar
Evening melodies
drift far on the floral air
as time slips away
A cool cat is at the shore
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A Burgundy Sign
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
Fruits of a long day
black cherries in sundown skies
Then deep purple night
We've long loved the sun
but now greet dusky shadows
The platinum moon
sends rich luster from afar
in the wild rose phase
The birds have not sung lately
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Beauty
by Mario Odekerken
Your hand brushed my skin,
beauty bloomed in that silence,
like breath before speech.
In your eyes,I saw the world
pausing just to look at me.
Think Twice
by Mario Odekerken
Words rise to my lips,
sharp as wind on winter nights,
but I hold them back,
count to ten and breathe again,
some storms are not worth the rain.
Growing Older
by Mario Odekerken
Lines etch on my face,
seasons pass in quiet steps,
memories like leaves
gather in the heart's still room,
some I keep,and some I lose.
Overdreven
by Mario Odekerken
Elk klein gebaar groeit
tot een storm in mijn hoofd
woorden als donder
ik zeg"altijd" en"nooit meer"
alsof alles breekt vandaag.
Distance
by Mario Odekerken
Between our voices
a silence shaped like winter
soft,immeasurable
you are still close in my mind
yet galaxies pull us wide.
