Category: inspire

Beyond the Wall

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scars untouched
like stars unseen
in the neglected wastelands
exist
where no cultured eye sees
pain persists
beyond the wall

see no evil
hear no evil
speak no evil
touch no unclean thing
hide
behind the wall
of
ignorance
bigotry
greed
and
pride

there thrive
fattened
off the fattened meats
hoarded

while the wall is boarded

hunger exists
pure
real
aching
a chorus in the wilderness
of empty-belly pleas
that reverberate off a civilized wall
unheard

scars untouched
radiate pain
through the midnight wasteland
the loveliest stars
by industrial giants’
smog-clouded,
wall-protected
eyes
unseen

~

Words and Photography ©2019 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Posted in poetry,  free verse, & human rights.

The Watch

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steadfast watch from the writer’s tower
time ticks
too fast
toward its endgame bomb
boom
no life escapes that room
boom
then doom
or nothing
or a room
boom

the living colors
of the clock
face
outward
but
the clock does its ticking
inside
the weathering
withering
heat
beats

you have yours
I have mine
watches, I mean

time ticks for everyone
boom

still, ticking
mine
in beats profound
gifts
wrapped in crimson ribbons
rhythms
flow
from a faithful tower
full
the watch
watches
the pen
records the beats
in words
profound
found
only by one quick on the uptick
of time

the writer
watches
watches
tick
in aging towers
boom

~

Words and Photography ©2019 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Posted in poetry & free verse.

Cherita #16

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milk spills

toddler strapped
in the high chair cries

kitten purrs and
laps a morning snack
off the hardwood floor

~

Words and Photography ©2019 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Posted in poetry & cherita.

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A Haiku by Design

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song birds yearn for spring

form dry-grass nests at the thaw

weave warmth with skilled beaks

~

Words and Photography ©2019 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Entry posted in haiku & poetry.

A Colorful Haiku

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on cold, blank canvas

through the long nights of winter

dream vivid, spring hues

~

Words and Photography ©2019 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Entry posted in haiku, healing, & poetry.

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Rain

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rain hits the piano keys
forms melodies
wrung from storms
to the untrained ear
random
but
like woodland-creature footfalls on fresh snow
patterned
by the pulse of life
moving
fleeing
preying
playing
notes of the living
bittersweet, sometimes sweet, sonatas

the dissonant chords
and
consonant chords
dance
in harmonically progressive orbits
that create cloudy tempests

the wind wrings the clouds
and rain falls
striking the piano keys of life

~

Words and Photography ©2019 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Posted in poetry , healing, & free verse.

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A Fresh Haiku

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calming, midnight sigh

stirs earth’s moon-dusted snow coat

the New Year’s first breath

~

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

~

Words and Photography ©2018 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Entry posted in haiku, healing, & poetry.

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Falling #2

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falling
crystal raindrops
caught by cedars’ needles
and tickling children’s outstretched tongues
taste the cold stores from cloud-frontage breezes
the globe’s iced cocktail is shaken
tempting wonderland play
snow from sky house
falling

~

Words and Photography ©2018 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Entry posted in poetry & Rictameter Verse.

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An Enduring Haiku #4

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green of leaf endures

through season’s icy tempests

plant’s roots tap deep soil

~

Words and Photography ©2018 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Entry posted in haiku, healing, & poetry.

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Cherita #15

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Nature chokes on smog

her fragile, mortal
breath exhales

industrial toxins escape
in ozone-wasting
expiration

~

Words and Photography ©2018 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me

Posted in poetry & cherita.

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