Tanka: The Attention Span on Cricket

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Cricket is the best
Sounds of willow on leather
How do I explain
a pastime centuries old
in only five short minutes

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Tanka: Weather

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The perfect morning
depends on how you see it
Cloud obscures the sun
the freak storm brings misery
Inside perfection still reigns

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Tanka: Stop the World

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Rise and fall and rise
this endless merry go round
No – the world won’t stop
Beauty’s false and pain will pass
Look beyond sorrow and joy

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Tanka: Which Way The Wind?

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Where is this heading?
Where have I been before this?
Some things I don’t know
Wind causes the flag to wave
but no one can see the wind

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Tanka: Mercury Ascends

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Go spring heeled Hermes
chase Phoebus around the sky
my functioning mind
Bless you for your position
when I was hurled in this world

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