Field of many flowers
The morning sun cast it ray across the field Swept by the cool breeze that travels at dawn They dance to the song of the wind And sing in rhymes as they wave their pony hair Theβ¦
The morning sun cast it ray across the field Swept by the cool breeze that travels at dawn They dance to the song of the wind And sing in rhymes as they wave their pony hair Theβ¦
At the height of my strength Were weaknesses that left we vulnerable A mighty tree chopped down to nothing Like a weathered leaf I lied helpless When all hope was loss and myβ¦
Unlike the Haiku style of poem writing which is a three-line poem, the Tanka captures a five-line poem. A bit longer than the Haiku. I'm not a poet, but I've been writing more ofβ¦
Let it all out.. Don't be so hard on yourself.. If all you ever did this year was to survive.. Then take your flowersβ¦
In a world where sin ruled A dominion ceased from the fall of men Was a child sent to set men free And live among men for eternity At night was the shepherd flock Visited byβ¦
This is a poem for the Africa of old I can tell you of a place Lovely as a pretty face A land full of greener fields Virile men in melanin skin Mountains high and valleys lowβ¦
Lured by the waves of lust The deceits that seem true before our eyes But deep within are snares with gnashing teeth Waiting, longing, and eager to rip the flesh of its victimβ¦
I'm made of pain, the broken pieces of me Precept by precept my torn flesh packed up Each scar an image of pain and brokenness But in them was my strength built I am no longerβ¦
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