' ' ' ' ' Well, Gee...Thanks! (Tankas For Onelia In Lieu Of Postcards) Poem by Dónall Dempsey
' ' ' ' ' Well, Gee...Thanks! (Tankas For Onelia In Lieu Of Postcards)
WELL...GEE...THANKS!
The moment wraps up
the Universe in new dawn
tied up with twilight.
“How much will that be? ” I ask.
“Oh this one’s on the house, Sir! ”
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BALANCING ON THE REDNESS
Blooms blossom...bell booms
sight & sound becoming one
in my open mind
butterfly balancing on
the redness of a flower.
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NO HAIKU TANKA
Shadow & sunlight
chase each other over page
write their own haiku.
Who needs words when they can do
it wordless – by themselves.
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LOST MOON
Red leaves on white moon
I gather both in my hands
lost in reflection.
Moon drips now between fingers
leaves on my palms – stigmata.
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YEAH YEAH...I SEE!
Galaxy of stars
as if an enormous hand
points to tiny bird
singing on top of my house
as if I hadn’t noticed.
Dearest Onelia!
Not got 'round to postcards yet! So these tankas will just have to do in lieu!
love Dónall Dónall
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10/1/2024 2:14:35 AM # 1.0.0.1119
I read your in lieu postcards for a third or fourth time and think about a book of you, if I ever will have a chance to read your works on paper - in your own book! It would be good - the book and the paper are nice place for the written works to be kept in - it is the native land, the promis land, the Canaan :) of the written words and I would be glad to see your works in peace in a promis land one day! Warm greetings from Sofia, one