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John Daleiden, US
 

 

 

 

Tanka

under palm trees
I dream of winter snows
and read Sketchbook poems

one thousand miles away
my garden burried in snow

 

 

Strawberry Moon: A Crown Cinquain

savor
the strawberry
scent in sky's fading light

I touch your sweet lips at starlight's
first gleam

under
the golden spell
of sun's red sinking orb
embracing in Pacific swells,
we kiss

ocean
waves sweep the sand,
moon and foam rivulets
gently wash away our footprints

naked

we bask,
flesh pressed to flesh

in the silver moon light
blazing like comets in the sky
sweet love

embraced

washed with sea waves
a sandy beach beneath
strawberry moonlight, two lovers
spooning

 

 

 

 

 

Read Additional Poems by John Daleiden

Broken Heart: A Haiku Sequence

Pathways: A Tanka Sequence

 

 

 

 

 

 


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