Tanka: Time is not Relative

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Losing track of days
the weeks keep on flying by
Time is speeding up!
Maybe it’s just relative
or my perception is real

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Tanka: Thunder

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Thunder in the night
a split second world is lit
The soft rush of rain
When it is too hot to sleep
distraction takes many forms

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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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