Archive for the ‘Tanka’ Category
Burst
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, NaPoMo 2011, Poetry, Tanka, beauty, joy, mystery, nature, photo, sensuality, wonder
…written for Day #13, NaPoMo 2011…
Burst
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sky pulls with spring rain
sprouting seeds push seeking light
sun stirs petal’s blush
engorged buds burst to unfurl
nature reaches tipping point
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rob kistner © 4/13/11
Soul Breeze
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, Tanka, introspection, nature, whimsy, wonder
Soul Breeze
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thoughts drift by gently
my mood is mellow this day
I linger at rest
dreaming of the spring breezes
that tickle my soul to life
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rob kistner © 2011
…for 3WW prompt
use ‘mellow’, ‘breeze’, and ‘tickle’ in a poem…
Enchant
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, Tanka, beauty, mystery, wonder
Enchant
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moon moon round and ripe
silver in black satin sky
bare your sterling soul
your pre-dawn morning magic
shimmers ‘cross this sleeping world
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rob kistner © 2011
Mocked
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, Tanka, dark
Mocked
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darkness surrounds me
rain continues this pre-dawn
life is damp and chill
out there inspiration mocks
refusing still to visit
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rob kistner © 2011
The Sands
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, Tanka
The Sands
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the glass nears empty
final grains are now falling
this year bids adieu
with love turn it right anew
may its fresh flow hold your dreams
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tanka & digital image by: rob kistner © 12/31/10
Happy New Year!
Emerge In Grace
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, courage, ecstatic, joy, love, mystery, philosophy, wisdom, wonder
…this tanka was inspired by prompt #26 at Writer’s Island,
and by prompt #139 at One Single Impression.
Emerge In Grace
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go down in trial
endure the tribulation
emerge rapt in grace
steeled by the tempering fire
molten molded pure and strong
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rob kistner © 2010
Champion
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, Tanka, courage, love, rhyme, wisdom
Offered in response to prompt #138 at One Single Impression.
Champion
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search not in the bright lights
that illuminate the field of glory
nor midst the din of exaltation
if you seek a hero’s story
look instead outside the glare
in the quiet place beyond
where no accolades are strewn
and no ivy laurels donned
where daily life is hard
and the living less than grand
where [...]
Ripples
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, beauty, ecstatic, joy, love, memories, mystery, nature, sensuality, tragedy, wonder
Tankas inspired by this wonderful painting offered as prompt #21 at Writer’s Island,
and by prompt #134 at One Single Impression.
Reflections
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memories of you
ripples on a mirrored lake
rise and drift gently
into the golden sunlight
carrying me on their crest
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Joie de Vivre
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clear blue summer sky
deep azure crystalline lake
cool breeze on my face
fresh scent of water lilies
ripples gently [...]
True Work
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, beauty, courage, dark, gratitude, love, mystery, nature, philosophy, photo, tragedy, wisdom, wonder
…I offer this piece in response to prompt #67 at Carry On Tuesday,
and prompt #16 at We Write Poems,
also the August 23rd prompt at Big Tent Poetry,
and the August 25th prompt at Three Word Wednesday,
and prompt #18 at Writer’s Island,
and finally prompt #131 at One Single Impression…
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AUTHOR”S NOTE: I had this incomplete 3-year-old draft of [...]
Machine Mind
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Essay, Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, collage, dark, humor, humor noir, love, mystery, photo, photorendering, rhyme, science fiction, suspense, tragedy, wisdom
This post is offered in response to prompt #14 at We Write Poems,
the August 9th prompt at Big Tent Poetry,
the August 11th prompt at Three Word Wednesday,
and prompt #65 at Carry On Tuesday.
“…scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could,
they didn’t stop to think if they should…”
Dr. Ian Malcolm
Machine Mind
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you wink awake at [...]
Blue Temple
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, gratitude, homage, joy, love, minimalist, mystery, philosophy, photo, prayer, wisdom
…response to prompt #14 from Magpie Tales…
The image of this plate above, this week’s prompt at Magpie Tales, immediately put me in mind of serenity. Also, while the plate may be Chinese in origin, it also made me think of the ancient Japanese poetic form called tanka.
Tanka are 31-syllable poems that have been the [...]
Boxes - Contemplation in 3 Parts
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, courage, dark, horror, humor, love, mystery, photo, rhyme, stream of consciousness, tragedy, whimsy, wisdom
In response to the Ist prompt on the newly opened We Write Poems, I contemplate boxes
Boxes
Contemplation #1
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my memories gather and squabble
like crows in fallow fields
they pick clean
the bones of my recall
bones against the cruel clay
of an arid barren mind
bones spilled from soul boxes
in which I’d desperately collected
the scarred and damaged pieces
of my broken dreams
dreams now [...]
NaPoWriMo #28
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, courage, dark, family, gratitude, homage, love, photo, prayer, tragedy, wisdom
This is my twenty-eighth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one tanka
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• inspired by day 28 of National Poetry Month
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Not Spring
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the moment of not-spring
has no bold herald
save a passing notation
on one’s calendar
easily missed
there is not a disruption
in the earth’s crust
there is no disturbance
in the air
the planets
do not misalign
the moment of not-spring
is [...]
NaPoWriMo #27
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, acrostic, action, art, courage, dark, gratitude, homage, joy, love, music, mystery, philosophy, photo, prose, rant, satire, suspense, tragedy, video poem, whimsy, wisdom
This is my twenty-seventh post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one acrostic
• one tanka
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• inspired by Carolee Sherwood ’s day 27 prompt at read write poem to write an acrostic
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Evolution
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Even in chaos nature finds balance.
Violent floods beget fertile fields.
One thing ends, another begins.
Life is a cycle of birth and death.
Untamed wildfire creates forest [...]
NaPoWriMo #26 - Power / Alternatives
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, action, art, courage, joy, music, mystery, photo, suspense, wisdom
This is my twenty-sixth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one tanka
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• inspired by Jill Crammond Wickham’s day 26 prompt at read write poem
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Power
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let us speak of power
the writer’s words
the artist’s eye
the craftsman’s hands
the singer’s voice
the player’s soul
the actor’s courage
all who rise up in creativity
to share their gift
who elevate our humanness
shun [...]
