Tag Archives: tanka

Envy – A Tanka

The look on your face

Hinting of true sarcasm

Though your words are kind

Words can not hide the envy

And contempt that you harbor

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Feast Of Gluttony

Feast of Gluttony

One of seven deadly sins

Frequent in the west

Hoarding all we can acquire

While looking down on the poor

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Otherworldly – A Tanka (In honor of the tornado victims)

Otherworldly

The skies swallow up heaven

Leaving destruction

Wizard of Oz…a movie

This is Moore, Oklahoma

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Things So Real – A Tanka

Things so real I see

Punished by bizarre demons

Under hellish sky

Shudder and shake, eyes flutter

Another sweat drenched nightmare

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Celestial Star – A Tanka

Celestial star

Pulse, the heartbeat of heaven

Life breath, nighttime sky

Reaching out to touch my soul

You are my cosmic lover

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Abandon Your Fears – A Tanka

Abandon your fears

Scatter caution to the wind

For you only have one chance

A life lived in certainty

Will end in disappointment

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Forgotten Heroes – A Tanka

Forgotten heroes

Until violence erupts

Lives forever changed

Sad that it takes tragedy

For us to remember them

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

The Yearning – A Tanka

I yearn for your touch

Entwining flesh, heart and soul

White hot in my mind

Knowing this can never be

Eviscerates my essence

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Into A Darkness – A Tanka

A glassy eyed stare

Into the heart of your soul

Yields me no solace

Swallowed into a darkness

Which has never seen the light

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Beautiful Flower – A Tanka

Beautiful flower

How delicate your petals

Under soft caress

Anr adoring world awaits

To love you as I have done

~

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~