Tag Archives: Tanka

guttersnipe

a big heavy cloud
that hangs out above your head
it’s a speech balloon
that’s crammed full with jumbled text
rubbish you shot from your mouth

by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2021

the day after

there are many things
i just cannot comprehend
why give them head space
why enshrine them in my heart
go ahead and call me fool

i wish only peace
serenity for the soul
merely do my best
i don’t need to beat a drum
nor have any notice me

someone conquers mars
someone sells bad bananas
someone invents worth
none of this matters to me
remember? i am a fool

you can laugh at me
but when you’ve become bankrupt
(i don’t mean money)
i’ll be gone, so far away
basking in another day

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2019

snapchat

not in this life, bro
nor in the next shall we knell
but it don’t mean, bro
you can’t go balls to the wall
and ring someone else’s bell

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2018

bikeocalypse

jesus harold christ
changes a bicycle chain
croaks at ill weather
does not see the stillborn crows
falling out of trees’ bosoms

by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2019

the hard facts of life

take it in both hands
turn it inside out, wee sprog
your fave teddy bear
it can rather surprise you
it’s not stuffed with fairy floss

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2018