Progress – A Tanka

Stacks puff their gray smoke

Debris like a beaver’s dam

Fish…belly up float

Stink of capitalism

Passed as unfettered progress

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Tired Eyes – A Tanka

Closing tired eyes

Crickets sing their blissful song

Calling me to dream

A tale written just for me

By the artist in my mind

~

~~ Dominic R. DIFrancesco ~~

Emotions Cast Out – A Tanka

Emotions cast out

Like a net upon the sea

Unexpectedly

Take on a life of their own

Spiraling out of control

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Sitting In Judgement – A Tanka

To sit in judgement

Of what lives in other’s minds

Is best left to God

For without omnipotence

Who am I to throw a stone

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Caution Thrown Windward – A Tanka

Caution thrown windward

Broadens stagnant horizons

Sown by hesitance

Turning mediocrity

Into lifelong adventure

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Monsters And Demons – A Tanka

Monsters and demons

Hide inside each one of us

Life of denial

Scared to face our deepest selves

Afraid of what we might see

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

You

When writing of you

Perplexed am I to the form.

No mold can contain you.

So much of life is a Parody,

Laughing at your ingrained silliness,

The mischievousness of your smile,

Twinkling eyes with a smoldering fire.

Haiku’s genteel nature is far too small,

Sister Tanka tries to express,

But her attention is much too short.

Perhaps an Ode would suffice

For flattery is your just due,

Ensued by inevitable embarrassment.

I could venture to sum your essence

Through the singularity of an Acrostic

Though this would scarcely scratch the surface.

Perhaps Triolet would be more fitting,

For none too often can I express the depth of my love;

Repetition surely would serve as reminder.

Even with all these

None can capture your unrestrained spirit,

The flow of you through space and time.

I will not try to confine you, that would be unfair.

Instead I will let you spread your wings

Writing your own verse

In the form of…

Free.

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

More Than Life – A Tanka

More than life itself

‘Tis you I love most deeply

That I would give all

My heart and my soul are yours

In this world and beyond

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

I Stand Up – A Tanka

I stand up then fall

Like a toddler past his prime

Every step my first

I suppose life works this way

Until the day of our death

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

No Art Lies In Pain – A Tanka

No art lies in pain

Pain simply feeds the master

Like bread the hungry

Nourishing body and soul

Statue of David

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~