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the graffiti artist sprays
flowers through the night
lily‑banked morning
a girl steps outside the myth
and does not return
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#tanskenga #haiku
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lily‑banked morning
a girl steps outside the myth
and does not return
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#tanskenga #haiku #micropoetry @gavinwade.bsky.social #poetry
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Wrath moves
from Texas to Brazil
to marry Venus
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#tanskenga #haiku
@littleonion.bsky.social
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it arrived
as a stray artwork
it still is
the cat works out how
to work the cat flap
.
#tanskenga #haiku
@littleonion.bsky.social @gavinwade.bsky.social #cats #tanka #micropoetry
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it arrived
as a stray artwork
it still is
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#tanskenga #haiku
@littleonion.bsky.social
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black death
huge murders of crows
over Tel Aviv
can you hear them crying
in the rubble of Beirut?
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#haiku #tanskenga #warcrimes #specials #tanka #endwar #micropoetry
@littleonion.bsky.social @gavinwade.bsky.social youtu.be/ecne2tgIjnk?...
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black death
huge murders of crows
over Tel Aviv
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
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still there
after the fire
the fire alarm
all the film studio’s
neighbors hate them
.
#haiku #tanskenga
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still there
after the fire
the fire alarm
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#haiku #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #zen #fire #micropoetry
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morning mud
my joints loosen
through the ache
build with the materials
that are to hand
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#tanskenga #haiku
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morning mud
my joints loosen
through the ache
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#tanskenga #haiku #pain #poetry #micropoetry @gavinwade.bsky.social
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all ancient trees
lend me your shadow
give me the strength
the ward sister asks me
to sign a DNR form
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social #dnacpr #tanka #micropoetry #hospital
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all ancient trees
lend me your shadow
give me the strength
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
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I am making music
for a generation
yet to be born
a diary of blank pages
and hospital appointments
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#tanrenga #micropoetry
#beverlyglenncopeland #richardhell #tanka @gavinwade.bsky.social
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I am making music
for a generation
yet to be born
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#tanrenga #micropoetry
#beverlyglenncopeland
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hundreds of kites
gliding the evening heat
over Phare des Mamelles
a man tells me he skip dives
and sleeps in one too
.
#tanskenga #tanka #haiku @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry
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My obsession in Senegal:
.
hundreds of kites
gliding the evening heat
over Phare des Mamelles
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#yellowbilledkite
#senegal
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waking up
slowly in Senegal
different birds
the cat makes that noise it does
when it sees a pigeon
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social #senegal #tanka #poetry #birds @gavinwade.bsky.social
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waking up
slowly in Senegal
different birds
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
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the concrete floor
gives off its morning chill
no slippers
a large colourful cockroach
twitching in the corner
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#haiku #tanskenga
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the concrete floor
gives off its morning chill
no slippers
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#haiku #tanskenga @gavinwade.bsky.social #micropoetry #poetry
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I’ve got the brains
you’ve got the looks
let’s make social conditions
one broken tile
above the urinals
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#tanskenga #haiku
@littleonion.bsky.social
#petshopboys
#anticapitalism #tanka #micropoetry @gavinwade.bsky.social
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I’ve got the brains
you’ve got the looks
let’s make social conditions
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#tanskenga #haiku
@littleonion.bsky.social
#petshopboys
#anticapitalism
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hiding artworks
in multiple places
a cheeky curator
this year’s egg hunt
becomes a bun fight
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🙃 🥚 #tanka
#tanskenga #haiku
@littleonion.bsky.social #poetry #micropoetry @gavinwade.bsky.social
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yellow fever
waiting for the vaccine
to punch my arm
I start to sort through
a tin of mum’s hat pins
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#senegal #vaccination #tanrenga #tanka #micropoetry #hats
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hiding artworks
in multiple places
a cheeky curator
.
🙃
#tanskenga #haiku
@littleonion.bsky.social
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yellow fever
waiting for the vaccine
to punch my arm
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#senegal #vaccination
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Egill’s Big Rock
game engine bugs
living their best lives
the mechanic sighs and says
I think it’s your big end
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#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#egillsaebjornsson #tanka #tanrenga #poetry #micropoetry #cars @gavinwade.bsky.social
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Egill’s Big Rock
game engine bugs
living their best lives
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#egillsaebjornsson
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bus stop
a child turns a pebble
in his pocket
it is by will alone
I set my mind in motion
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#tanskenga
#dune
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