Month: March 2017

I Played #2

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I played
acoustic strums
on vibrating strings
echoing
through a hollow sound chamber
carefully crafted
for harmonic reverberations
hand-drawn notes from calloused fingers
diverse sounds produced from skillful fretting

I played
on a concrete step
that led
to a House of White
deafened
where the ears were stopped
the chamber plugged with hand-picked cotton

leaving me but the snap of a dull string plucked
the insensitive quack of a nervous duck

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Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

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Paint

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paint me
with feather brush
dust skin with blushing hues
or stroke boldly with oil pastels
brave lovers meld in hot, brazen colors
tempting a sweet meal of nectar
a petal’s plain request
of Nature’s hand
paint me

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Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

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A Tanka Daydream

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path leads to nectar  ~

a hummingbird fantasy ~

stored within a seed ~

once all winter’s shadows pass ~

flowers start seductive dance

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#springfever

Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

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Bleed

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bleed red
the deep wounds flow
dressings stain crimson hues
from battlegrounds ubiquitous
suffering erects no bigoted walls
but into each culture’s bed climbs
disturbing the soul’s sleep
all humankind
bleed red

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Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

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A Maturing Haiku

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obstacles in path ~

frustrate youth’s headstrong prancing ~

roots of patience grow

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Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

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Happy #worldpoetryday to all my writing friends!

My Intergalactic Trip

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I tried to visit a planted called #MAGA
in a galaxy far, far away
applied for an intergalactic Visa
but I was rejected
on the grounds
of my planet’s
dark brown coffee beans

#MAGAns exclusively lap vanilla cream
from crystal bowls
on silver platters
they’ve placed an interstellar ban
on all forms of caffeine
and caffeinated beverages
like me

so I stole away aboard a pirate space ship –
“The Percolator” –
in hopes to steal of view
of a #MAGAn or two
while some dark roast was traded
on a black market
to #MAGAns grown weary
of vanilla cream

we sailed an orbit all around #MAGA
only to discover
an impenetrable, atmospheric barrier
erected
to keep our brew away

our captain, Java the Hutt,
laughed maliciously
as we flew through space
in search of a market –
a weary planet in need of a jolt

Captain Java bellowed,
“Foolish #MAGAns!
In fear of the indigestion they think caffeine will bring,
they have severed their sole supply of vanilla cream.
With milk delivery routes from the planet Magnesia
entirely stopped up
the entire #MAGAn civilization is doomed
to thirst, ache and explode.”

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Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

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Sensuous

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unfold
from verdant bud
petals’ shy revealing
blushing at the sun’s warm kisses
the hidden nectar, a sweet seduction
to hungry dance of birds and bees
sensuous, you make seed
so new life may
unfold

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Words and Photography ©2017 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

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Please check out Linda J. Wollf’s  explanation and example of Rictameter Verse:

https://urbanpoetry2017.com/2017/03/16/poetry-between-sunrises-and-sunsets/