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Little Poems - Haiku - Tanka - Etc

by Tinker

Rated: E · Book · Writing · #2153754

A place to share my little poems, haiku, tanka, than bauk, 24 Syllable, etc

birth and death
of a moment
haiku
~~jvg:

Signature image for Honorable Mentions for 2017 Quill Awards

Editor's Pick eyestar's June 28, 2018 Newsletter Fukuda Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Debi Wharton

Jan 20, 2020 at 6:57pm
In response to "Words In Line"

Nicely done, I wished I had your talent to write poetry.

1 Like

Debi Wharton

Jan 18, 2020 at 5:06pm
In response to "Fur Play"

This is beautiful!

1 Like

Roseille ♥

Nov 9, 2019 at 10:08pm
In response to "After the Storm"

A powerful poem in 25 words or less!

1 Like

Lostwordsmith

Oct 27, 2019 at 12:52pm
In response to "Mandatory Evacuation"

Oh, how awful. My heart goes out to you and I hope that your home will be safe.

🌝 HuntersMoon

May 26, 2019 at 11:32pm
In response to "Haiku 2019 #23 "

How alliterative of you... 😂 🤣. Fun and fabulous!

Tinker

Jan 23, 2019 at 1:15am
In response to "Tidying"

Thank you, KonMari has certainly enhanced my life. But it is an ongoing process. It has to be revisited every once in a while. ~~ Tink

Krista

Jan 22, 2019 at 11:49pm
In response to "Tidying"

I love this so much! (Both Kon Mari & the poem!)

🌝 HuntersMoon

Jan 1, 2019 at 10:36am
In response to "Soldier's Bride"

Hey Tink

Nicely done. Being a retired soldier, this one carries a lot of emotion for me as I think back to the years of family separation my family endured.

Ken

1 Like

Tinker

Jul 18, 2018 at 1:36am
In response to "5 Year Chip"

I had read the prompt right before leaving for the office. The word was in my head when I pulled out of the driveway and a man was standing down the road with a paint roller in his hand. As I approached he waved me down and I recognized him as the middle son of my late best friend. He is in his 50s now but I've known him since he was 5 and pretty much helped raised him. In his 20s he got into heavily into drugs, was in and out of jail and actually spent some time in prison. He would clean up and stop in and see me occasionally then he was off again. He has now been sort of clean for probably 10 years maybe a little more. However he legally has grown marijuana for "medicinal purposes" most of those years. But he is off the hard stuff and has held down a couple of jobs and does handy man stuff for the locals. He just wanted to say hi and said that while he was painting the house down the road he noticed the gutter at the back of my house was coming loose and he wanted to let me know he would fix it for me today before he went home. I'm all he has left of his mother and we were always close. Once I came home from the office and he was in my house cooking an abalone dinner for me from his dive that morning. Anyway to make this very long story short, the poem challenge was in my head, then he was in my head the rest of the way to the office. Reminded of his long struggle with drugs it was nice to see him look healthy and productive, triumphant!

I just had to write the poem down when I got to the office and then trim it up a bit. I first used "junkie" in stead of "addict". But the words actually have different connotations and addict could refer to anything. Being the daughter of an alcoholic, drugs and alcohol were never options for me either.

~~ Tink

3 Like

🌝 HuntersMoon

Jul 17, 2018 at 11:49pm
In response to "5 Year Chip"

I hear ya! 😀 (Mine isn't drugs or alcohol but once an addict always an addict)

2 Like

#80. Clouds
ID #986943 entered on July 1, 2020 at 12:57pm

#79. Election
ID #975291 entered on May 7, 2022 at 2:51pm

#78. Excellence
ID #974977 entered on May 7, 2022 at 2:53pm

#77. Words In Line
ID #973717 entered on May 7, 2022 at 2:54pm

#76. The Artic Unknown
ID #973588 entered on May 7, 2022 at 2:54pm

#75. Fur Play
ID #973233 entered on January 12, 2020 at 9:42pm

#74. Holiday Cheer
ID #971867 entered on May 7, 2022 at 2:58pm

#73. Take Action
ID #971691 entered on December 19, 2019 at 9:38am

#72. The King
ID #971604 entered on May 7, 2022 at 2:59pm

#71. Today's musing in modern haiku
ID #969833 entered on November 25, 2019 at 10:36am

#70. Prompted Limerick
ID #969470 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:02pm

#69. After the Storm
ID #969260 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:05pm

#68. Mandatory Evacuation
ID #968475 entered on October 27, 2019 at 5:50am

#67. Trick or Treat
ID #968446 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:07pm

#66. Allergic
ID #968211 entered on October 21, 2019 at 11:52am

#65. Brexit
ID #968085 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:08pm

#64. Earth's Red
ID #968046 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:09pm

#63. Dead Silence
ID #968009 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:10pm

#62. Shosagoto
ID #967863 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:12pm

#61. Object d' Art
ID #967860 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:14pm

#60. Naughty Pup
ID #967822 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:14pm

#59. Trail Ride
ID #965802 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:17pm

#58. A Little Willie in 24 Syllables
ID #963617 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:22pm

#57. Temper, Temper
ID #962300 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:25pm

#56. She Called Him Home
ID #962143 entered on May 7, 2022 at 3:26pm

#55. My Molly
ID #962085 entered on July 6, 2019 at 9:51am

#54. haiku 2019 # 30
ID #961294 entered on June 21, 2019 at 5:15pm

#53. Surfacing
ID #961009 entered on February 8, 2020 at 5:16pm

#52. Gratitude
ID #960729 entered on June 15, 2019 at 10:44am

#51. 2019 #30
ID #960192 entered on June 4, 2019 at 7:48pm

#50. Haiku 2019 #23
ID #959597 entered on June 21, 2019 at 4:25pm

#49. I'm Home
ID #959261 entered on May 19, 2019 at 10:48am

#48. 24 Syllable Forum
ID #959047 entered on May 19, 2019 at 10:51am

#47. Mom
ID #959032 entered on May 15, 2019 at 5:41pm

#46. Purple Pen
ID #958191 entered on May 3, 2019 at 10:11pm

#45. April 14 Tempest
ID #956550 entered on April 14, 2019 at 11:39am

#44. April 5 Doomed
ID #955834 entered on April 5, 2019 at 12:04pm

#43. April 4 Pull
ID #955771 entered on April 4, 2019 at 7:38pm

#42. 2019 Haiku #21
ID #955530 entered on April 1, 2019 at 12:09pm

#41. Lucky Charm
ID #954363 entered on March 15, 2019 at 5:18pm

#40. Ash Wednesday March 6, 2019
ID #953803 entered on March 6, 2019 at 9:28am

#39. Mardi Gras - March 5, 2019 #17
ID #953787 entered on March 5, 2019 at 11:40pm

#38. 2019 #16 honeysuckle cascade
ID #953376 entered on February 8, 2020 at 5:20pm

#37. haiku 2019 #6 and #7
ID #951413 entered on February 7, 2019 at 3:12pm

#36. No Loitering
ID #950975 entered on February 2, 2019 at 11:35am

#35. Wild Fields of Ireland
ID #950953 entered on February 2, 2019 at 12:00am

#34. Tidying
ID #950234 entered on January 22, 2019 at 11:22pm

#33. Loki's Game
ID #950009 entered on January 19, 2019 at 5:37pm

#32. Maverick
ID #949248 entered on January 9, 2019 at 6:55am

#31. Old Flame Flickered
ID #948892 entered on January 4, 2019 at 5:30pm

#30. Bitter Cold
ID #948785 entered on January 3, 2019 at 11:28am

#29. Letter Home
ID #948697 entered on January 2, 2019 at 7:58pm

#28. Soldier's Bride
ID #948520 entered on January 1, 2019 at 5:08pm

#27. Leaving the Nest
ID #948362 entered on December 28, 2018 at 2:22pm

#26. Coming Home
ID #945104 entered on November 9, 2018 at 2:05am

#25. Haiku #41
ID #944763 entered on November 2, 2018 at 10:43pm

#24. Black Moonlight
ID #943701 entered on October 18, 2018 at 4:54pm

#23. Beyond
ID #943261 entered on October 12, 2018 at 2:52am

#22. haiku 2018 #38
ID #942722 entered on October 5, 2018 at 10:56am

#21. With Gratitude
ID #941089 entered on September 9, 2018 at 11:17am

#20. On the Lake
ID #939623 entered on August 13, 2018 at 1:23pm

#19. 5 Year Chip
ID #938192 entered on July 17, 2018 at 6:39pm

#18. Crystal Clear
ID #938107 entered on July 17, 2018 at 10:29am

#17. nature and everyday task
ID #937071 entered on June 30, 2018 at 12:41am

#16. Old Barn Haiku
ID #937063 entered on June 29, 2018 at 11:42am

#15. Seashore haiku
ID #936942 entered on June 26, 2018 at 3:12pm

#14. Memories
ID #936542 entered on June 29, 2018 at 6:35pm

#13. After
ID #935387 entered on June 19, 2018 at 5:46pm

#12. Desperation
ID #934470 entered on June 17, 2018 at 4:25pm

#11. Than Bauk
ID #933066 entered on April 19, 2018 at 12:24am

#10. Haiku 29-33
ID #936548 entered on June 28, 2018 at 11:40am

#9. Soccer haiku
ID #932793 entered on June 19, 2018 at 5:44pm

#8. At the hospital
ID #932769 entered on April 15, 2018 at 2:42am

#7. When Did We Get This Old?
ID #932303 entered on April 15, 2018 at 2:34am

#6. April morning haiku
ID #932148 entered on June 18, 2018 at 7:36pm

#5. Series of Spring Haiku
ID #931668 entered on April 15, 2018 at 2:16am

#4. Good Friday Suffering
ID #931771 entered on April 15, 2018 at 2:14am

#3. Holy Thursday Tanka
ID #931707 entered on April 15, 2018 at 2:10am

#2. short night haiku
ID #932152 entered on June 18, 2018 at 7:32pm

#1. Haiku and Tanka Journal 2018 H # 1-4 T 1-3
ID #932792 entered on April 15, 2018 at 1:58am

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