all over, a poetry slam <br />among the flowers, wind, <br />mountains, sea, field, you, me <br />if we care to loosen ourselves <br />to join in the fray <br /> <br />art and music <br />the river sings sweet verses <br />as the water paints <br />this wondrous scarlet sky <br />over and over <br /> <br />year <br />of the monkey... <br />expecting this naughty thing <br /> <br />the sun, so much <br />life it gives me <br />the moon outside window <br />sheds new thought on me <br />the bagavad gita verses come to life <br /> <br />bagavad gita is the 'bible' of the hindus. <br />need to read this to understand my tanka. <br /> <br />school exchange <br />even the way <br />they talk is different <br /> <br />sweating at the check-in <br />this next woman tells hubby: <br />'Let me wipe it for you.' <br /> <br />soften footsteps <br />mother tells us <br />a new child greeted with <br />all the vip treatments <br />we even laugh as it cries <br /> <br />the break <br />in my daily to do list <br />all the other tasks <br />i do with my heart <br />angled on that unspecified hour <br /> <br />howling winter winds <br />the willow trees' leaves <br />point opposite way <br />while a lonesome man <br />asks for direction<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tanka-and-haiku/
