Tracy Marks

TANKAS
What if you lost it?
It may be where you placed it.
You may need to look
much more closely there. And NO,
you aren’t senile or crazy!

Did someone take it?
Did you lend it? Remember
where you were when you
last had it. Is it still there?
If it’s not, then let it go.

#haikufeels last #poetry

MARCH HAIKU
Anticipation —
daylight saving time ahead,
golden afternoons.

#haiku #haikupoem #3lines #micropoetry #poetry
#poem #poetrycommunity #inkmine #winter #spring

WINTER TANKA
The shapes of trees, stark,
skeletal, bare bones
face the elements.
It takes a lot of courage
to be so exposed.

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikupoem #micropoetry
#poetry #poem #inkmine #poetrycommunity #nature #winter #treres

TANKA
Weaving silken threads
upon the loom of my life
I let slip some years
wish to unravel others
repair the warp and weft ripped

from fragile fabric.
but oh! the vibrant colors!
original design
threads blood red and others gold—
this bold brilliant tapestry.

#vssmagic thread #poetry #tanka #poem

FROM A PLANE WINDOW HAIKU

Cliffs and crevices —
The mountains’ calligraphy
Beneath fluff of clouds

#haiku #haikupoem #senryu #3lines #micropoetry #poem
#poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #travel
#nature #mountains

MARCH
a double haiku

A little lighter
each day, a little later,
sunset, a little

earlier, sunrise.
Soon, daylight savings time starts….
the budding leaves... spring!

#haikufeels march #poetry #haiku #haikupoem #3lines
#micropoetry #inkmine #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets
#nature #spring

TANKA
I am streamlining
my life, letting go. Only
the essentials now,
most meaningful wants, knowing
what I most need, most value.

#WIPSnips most #poetry #tanka #tankapoem #haiku
#senryu #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets
#inkmine #skypoets #inspiration

GREEK MYTHOLOGY ONLINE COURSE
on Ovid's Metamorphoses
starts Tues 3/3, 6:45pm EST
newtoncommunityed.asapconnected.com#CourseID=319...
5 wk course on zoom, reading and discussing 15+ myths, their history, meaning and psychological meaning today.
#myth #mythology #classics #Greek #Roman #Ovid #edusky

Song Lyrics as Poetry: Cohen, Dylan, Mitchell and Simon - Lexington Community Education Have you been moved by the lyrics of 20th century folk singers Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell or Paul Simon, and the poetry of their songwriting? Do you want to read and discuss several dozen...

SONG LYRICS AS POETRY ONLINE COURSE
Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon
4 week zoom course starts Wed March 4, 6:45pm EST
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Most of the words stolen from a sweatshirt I bought online!

TANKA
When will you arrive,
spring? Trees remain bare, no buds.
Cold harsh winds bluster.
Be patient, I tell myself,
prepare to begin again.

#dailyhaikuprompt buds #micropoetry #poetry #poem
#tanka #tankapoem #poetrycommunity #nature #spring

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TANKA
BlueSky: A poet’s
showcase for X and Twitter
refugees, with or
without pedigree, writing
short poems — formal verse or free.

#tanka #tankapoem #micropoetry #poetry #poem
#inkmine #vssmagic poet #poetrycommunity #Bluesky

DODOITSU
Rachmaninoff’s concertos -
rippling arpeggios
dazzling virtuosity
your touch on my skin

A dodoitsui is a Japanese form, 4 lines of 7-7-7-5 syllables.
#micropoetry #poetry #poem #inkmine #blueskypoets
#poetrycommunity #inkmine #music

I'm teaching a 2-week online course on short-form Japanese poetry. We just did the gogyohka, katauta, sedoka and dodoitsu. Next week we do haiku, senryu, tanka and lanturne. It's a lot of fun.

DODOITSU
If I were a plant I'd be
flowering - a peony
with ruffled red petticoats,
flirting with the sun.

DODOITSU: Japanese form, 4 lines, 7-7-7-5 syllables
#inkmine plant #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity
#poem #blueskypoets #flowers #peony #nature

HAIKU
Trees stand stark, naked,
Unafraid of winter’s cold,
Trusting in the spring.

#micropoetry #poetry #haiku #haikusaturday #haikupoem
#poetrycommunity #nature #trees #winter #spring

HAIKU FOR INTROVERTS
Introverts unite
separately from your homes,
together online.

#haiku #haikusaturday #haikupoem #3lines #poetry
#micropoetry #poetrycommunity #introverts #inkmine

WINTER'S ALCHEMY (haikus)
Awake, at daybreak.
Glimmers of radiant sun
through frosted window

illuminating
each snowflake’s intricate lace
on each pane, easing

heartache, slaking thirst
for wonder, all-pervading.
Winter’s alchemy.

#haiku #haikupoem #inkmine #micropoetry #poetry
#poem #nature

Thank you! I'm very attuned to sound, the musicality of words - alliteration (consonant repetition) and assonance (vowel repetition) . Snowfall needs many s sounds & other soft sounds...I don't have to think about it anymore - it just comes naturally (though sometimes I need a thesaurus!)

TANKA
silently the snow
softly falls, settles on limbs
of hemlock and pine
how still the suspended world
the winter’s unspoken prayer.

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikusaturday #poetry
#micropoetry #poetrycommunity #poem #inkmine #blueskypoets #winter #snow #nature #inspiration

GOGYOHKA
Forgetting my glasses,
I turned back
toward home,
the country road
a Monet landscape

Online mini-course: writing short-form Japanese poetry, Feb 26, EST: tinyurl.com/mwampzne
#micropoetry #gogyohka #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #edusky #poem #inspiration #nature
#art #Monet

Lanturne poems by tracy marks

The lanturne is a Japanese shape poem of 5 lines &
1,2,3,4,1 syllables. Because of limited formatting options here, I made my lanturnes into an image.

My online mini-course, Writing Japanese Short-Form Poetry starts Thurs Feb.26 tinyurl.com/mwampzne

#micropoetry #poetry #poem #Japan #edusky

GOGYOHKA
We circle around
the mobius strip of life,
insides reaching outside,
outside seeping inside —
ourselves one with the world,

#micropoetry #gogyohka #poetry #poetrycommunity
#blueskypoets #skypoets #poem #inkmine #inspiration

On Adam Siao Him Fa’s Exhibition Skate:

TANKA
Watching you on ice
skating with ease, elegance,
I go soft inside —
the haunting lyrics, your moves,
soul streaming through your body.

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #haikusaturday #senryu
#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #figureskating #iceskating #Olympics

DOUBLE HAIKU
Orchids, begonias
bathe in warm humidity –
Greenhouse in winter.

Carrots, onions, kale
in no need of season-ing
Eternal summer.

#haiku #senryu #haikupoem #poetry #poetrycommunity
#poem #inkmine #nature #flowers #winter

HAIKU
If we can contain
sadness, we become larger
containers for love

#haiku #haikupoem #3lines #poetry #poetrycommunity
#blueskypoets #inspiration #transformation #grief #love

IN PRAISE OF ILIA HAIKU
Quad god, falling off
his throne, learns the hard lesson
of humility.

#haiku #haikupoem #3lines #poetry #poetrycommunity
#poem #skating #figureskating #IliaMalinin #Olympics

WINTER HAIKU
A bare tree, split trunk,
head buried beneath the soil,
performs a handstand

#haiku #haikusaturday #haikupoem #3lines #poetry
#poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #winter #tree #nature

AFTER THE SNOWFALL TANKA
Within the silence
of suspended thought, the storm
dissolves. Peace descends.
Listen to the falling snow,
the stillness after snowfall.

#tanka #tankapoem #poetry #poetrycommunity #haiku
#haikupoem #inkmine #blueskypoets #winter #snow

Some people make judgments about the past based on values and developments today, without considering the perspectives of yesterday.

HAIKU
"I don't like Shakespeare,"
my English student told me,
"He writes in clichés."

#haiku #haikusaturday #3lines #poetry #poem #Shakespeare #literature #edusky