is this a haiku
or just another tanka
we’re phoning it in
but no one answers the call
and we’re still unselfaware
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
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is this a haiku
or just another tanka
we’re phoning it in
but no one answers the call
and we’re still unselfaware
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2023
the night fell upon
wakening my pocket god
he saluted you
but you were absent
so i had to pray alone
this late shrove sunday
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
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stare down time’s barrel
breathless pause, the hammer click
bang! fornevermore
by TONY SINGLE
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should you ever leave
all air will void from this room
all days will follow
& i won’t know what to be
this hell on earth behind thee
if i hold this space
& leave the light on for you
fain would you come home
should you not return
with hope or fire’s foreboding
into pinpricked night
would i not slingshot myself
to find you & bring you home
if i never pray
i might never say goodbye
fain never lose you
should i lose my way
ghost into pain with a smile
then remember me
bid thee well a dying sun
circle an emergent moon
if i plead the void
to swallow the void in me
fain would i be free
by TONY SINGLE
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Neck hurts, aching back
Getting older? Yes, I am
Still, glad for the chance
by MARIA MICHAELA
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