Rumbling Thunder (tanka)

long rumbling thunder
shakes the earth, as lightning
flickers thru the clouds
uneasy laughter attends
our strained embrace

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Teachers

The lark’s sweet song
tells us of dawn
& sun confirms
that day is born
& whether day
be wet or dry
is taught to us
by clouds in skies.

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clouds form a
claustrophobic
charcoal
canopy…
a smothering
sheet of
sullen
sky

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Looking up
to sky of blue
clouds drifting
thoughts if you
lazy hours
passing slow
no better way
to make time go.

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old window—
gray clouds behind mango leaves
sound of a small plane

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My memories are like sands of time
Floating up into a cloud
Waiting for your download

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Staring at the soul of
Her #Clouds
Like thick balls of cotton
Watching them drift
On the horizon
Of her life

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cold lacerates clouds
scatters sunlight
the opposite of fire

its vision shattered
mirror shards reveal
no clear outline

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shadows layered
#clouds
whisper across the blue
drift above
passing between
me and you

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