Gentle hands caress
Sign of passion without words
The warmest silence
Sharing a love unspoken
With my predestined soul-mate
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Tag Archives: tanka
Blood Pools – A Tanka
Blood pools on doorstep
Watered down by mothers tears
Limited air strikes
In the end it matters not
A child’s death is permanent
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Sickness Torturing – A Tanka
Sickness torturing
Difficult the think and breath
Burying my will
Creativity suffers
Just as much as the writer
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~~ Dominic R. DIFrancesco ~~
Shortened Days
Shortened days loom large
Precursor to winters gale
Like mortality
Calling summer to the womb
To await next year’s rebirth
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Time Wasted – A Tanka
Time wasted is gone
Blown like dried leaves in the wind
Scattered far and wide
Imperative, it is
Never to squander this gift
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Storm Clouds Part – A Tanka
Storm clouds part to blue
Grass blades glisten emerald green
As golden sun sets
Casting a heavenly glow
All is right with the world
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
I’ve Waited Too Long – A Tanka
I’ve waited too long
Spending life running the wheel
Like a fearful mouse
Missing the joy of their youth
My children are now adults
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Some Have Seen – A Tanka
Some have seen the light
Exactly what does that mean
Is the riddle solve
Has the question been answered
Or is the light illusion
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Silver Bird – A Tanka
Silver bird airborne
Shining in heavens sunburst
Ingenuity
Trusting man’s ability
To master the skies above
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Our Future – A Tanka
Lay your head down child
Know that you are our future
Your shoulders hunching
Punishment for excesses
We were too weak to curtail
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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