My Dear Friends:
Publisher, poet and NeverEnding Story contributor, M. Kei, has made Fire Pearls: Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart available to read free online. This book is a collection of tanka, kyoka, cinquains and more. It is divided into five seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Fifth Season including the poems that refuse neat categorization), reflecting the importance of nature and nature imagery in tanka poetry.
Selected Poems:
This morning
surprised to find my back door
unlocked
after last night you slipped again
into my dreams
Angela Leuck
her laughter
trails out the window --
a bevy
of blue butterflies over
the moon-washed city
Larry Kimmel
her breast fits
like a fruit in the curve
of the small guitar --
and I would be her Picasso
some Spanish afternoon
Larry Kimmel
moored in quiet,
i stare past the stars
into a morning
borrowed
from your smile
Robert D. Wilson
rip-tide
slowly I return
an occupied shell
to the surging sea
between us
Beverley George
second time around --
you hold me tighter now
even in sleep
lest I visit the place
where old wounds lie
Thelma Mariano
truth lies
shrouded in maya
and beneath the veil
once lifted
truth lies
Kala Ramesh
Another day closer
to the end of my life
without lovemaking --
a blue jay is screeching
in the bare maple
George Swede
A full moon
and coyotes howling --
we're naked
on our hands and knees
in the prairie motel
George Swede
the black negligee
that I bought for your return
hangs in my closet
day by day plums ripen
and are picked clean by birds
Margaret Chula
long dark hair
tossed until it's tangled;
I use it
to sweep up the crumbs of me
you've failed to notice
Janet Lynn Davis
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