Taking a deep breath
A long awaited respite
Something sorely missed
A simple walk with a friend
Just like the many before
– SR Romney 2025
Archive for the ‘Tanka’ Tag
Respite (National Poetry Writing Month 2025 #21) Leave a comment
Whisked Away (National Poetry Writing Month 2025 #19) Leave a comment
Whisked away
Like morning egg yolks
Bright and full
Unique parts of me
Combine; a good day
– SR Romney 2025
Indecision (National Poetry Writing Month 2025 #12) Leave a comment
This indecision
Has me ensnared in a vice
Heists my attention
I know the longer I wait
The harder to make a choice
– SR Romney
Courting Death (National Poetry Writing Month 2025 #2) Leave a comment
I am courting Death
With a bouquet of flowers
Vibrant and vivid
I'm not sure when we will meet
I hope he enjoys the gift
– SR Romney 2025
Kintsugi Leave a comment
Humans are porcelain
Fractured by hardship and strife
Just like kintsugi
Our flaws, cracks, scars, and damage
Make our true selves shine like gold
– SR Romney
Fried (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #27) Leave a comment
A crispy fried egg
Cooking in a skull shaped pan
Ideas sizzling
Better keep an eye on it
Or else the brain will get burnt
SR Romney 2024
Skull Raid (National Poetry Writing Month 2021 #26) 1 comment
Oh no! A skull raid!
A pillage of my ideas
Thought has gone missing
Nothing left to do but sleep
New thoughts will be drawn from dreams
– Shaman Romney 2021
At Work (4 Tanka) 2 comments
Thoughts come in so fast
Readily, I grab at them
They slip through my hand
Because time stops for no man
Especially here at work.No time for the things.
Things I need more time to do.
Things that I love most.
Can’t do what I want to do
Especially here at work.When I stop for breath
Only a moment’s respite
And then I’m pulled back
There is no time for a break
Especially here at workI give up and wait
For the day to be over
For the time to go
I do not want to stay here
Especially here at work
-Shaman Romney 2014
(Sorry for not posting all of last week. Work was, and still is, extremely busy. Hopefully it will slow down soon. Thanks for reading.)
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