Tanka: The Body Politic

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Politics no more
Machiavelli is dead
caught out with pants down
The mantle falls at our feet
we must grasp it to do good

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Tanka: Brexit Distraction

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Brexit this and that
whatever your take on it –
What a distraction
with all the shenanigans
something gives behind the scenes

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Poem: Perennial Busker

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Give me your roll up
your beaten up guitar
and I’ll even feed your dog

I’ll sing you a few songs
of tragedy, of lost love
and revolution never won

I know a few chords
and I can bash out some tunes
I scream with the best of them

Just don’t think to monopolise
this tale of hard time
it comes naturally to me

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Tanka: Irrational Comfort?

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You just have to hope
that we’ll all be together
Hope in things to come
those who mean so much to us
pets included – beyond time

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Tanka: By The Sea

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A few summer weeks
Punters head for crowded coasts
Overindulgence!
The sun, sea and sand play games
Make September quite daunting

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