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Nightingale247 in Tanka
27 reads

First Tanka

Time to write my first Tanka

I won't write too much

won't let my lines get too long

limit words and sounds and such

I'll be brief and strong

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Reynold in Tanka
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sold news

once upon a time in a land of truths

news became something always on

the powers to be bellowed aloud

“somewhere the world is always awake”

“someone is always searching for news”

anchors and reporters wagged their tails

“We will be there all day, all night”

“We will start our own network”

“We will need to dissect the headlines”

“We will run teasers for important stuff”

“We will track down the smallest detail”

“We will interview and debate”

“We will find the needed views”

“We will have investigative reporters”

“We will find the human element”

“We will find someone who suffered”

“We need experts to discuss things”

“We will find opinions, lots of opinions”

“We shall need lots of money”

“We need to know what the people want”

“We need to push what they need”

“We need advertisers and investors”

“We need to sell to maintain the news”

others heard of this way to riches

and put forth their own networks too

“We’ll see the world in a different way”

“We’ll make others see our way too is the news”

“We’ll also have an opinion they offered”

“We’ll know about what needs to be told”

“We’ll need more money”

the citizens of this land found this fine

the truth they sought told from many sides

comments from experts in important fields

discussions shedding light on the matters

competition between networks was tough each showing the same news feed

buying from the same independents

all offering the same footage

“We need to separate ourselves”

“We’re losing viewers”

“We’re losing advertisers”

“We need controversy and drama”

“We need to embellish”

“We need contradiction”

“ We need more opinions”

“We have those”

“We need even more”

“ We need money”

So they hired an expert

then they hired more

then hired conflicting ones

“ I think it was this reason”

“ I believe it was that way”

“From my vantage point I see no good from this”

“I assume this is what they thought”

“I speculate that was why”

“ I’m paid to offer my view”

experts could be found in everything

from war to buying prom dresses

the opinionated now found income

for their knowledge, dollars for learning

some were fact checkers

some experienced similar things

some taught

some caught

sone fought

some though speculated

some contemplated

some just debated

some related

some hated

all wanted money

the citizens liked to hear what others thought

they tuned in to hear the opinions

no rock was left unturned

“We think that way, too”

“We think their perspective is way off”

“We believe them”

“We think they’re whacked”

“We think they seem credible”

“We think they are full of it”

“We are getting the whole story”

“We are just getting their slant”

“We are getting both sides”

the powers yelled Eureka

they congratulated themselves

they had found easy money

they were providing the news

but again viewership waned

“We need to turn it up”

“We need to stoke the fire”

“We need to poke the bear”

“We need to worry people”

“We need to promote fear”

“We need more doom”

“We need to tweak”

“We need to build a viewership”

“We need to relate”

“We need more money”

12/12/2020

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dolores_horus in Tanka
34 reads

Moonlight

viscous moonlight

fresh milk poured over the land

nourishes the soul

softly iluminating

a heart's darkest corners

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dolores_horus in Tanka
27 reads

One More

This last hour

is all that seperates us,

and seems unending,

But for you, I would wait

beyond death

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dolores_horus in Tanka
33 reads

A Sense of Purpose

Walked into the room

Yet I thought of naught to do

left and came again.

Might now know what I'm here for!

(Well, as much as anyone can)

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dolores_horus in Tanka
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Alone

solitude

blurred and bleeding at the edge

into loneliness

too immature to be content

without you -- my best friend

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dolores_horus in Tanka
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Picnic

Amidst the poppies

over emerald grasses

red gingham blanket

on which we share lemon cake

spilling our secrets and wine

#nature #love #tanka #poetry

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dolores_horus in Tanka
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Possibility

The Stars

buckshot through the firmament

traverse the “void”

Universe grows round and swells

Infinite Potential

#space #tanka #poetry

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slnmten in Tanka
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Hell

She sits in her chair

in disassociation,

like a balloon cut

from its string, floating away

from the hell that is her home.

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Vorg in Tanka
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Diary of a Failure

I drown in sorrow

Food tastes like sea water and

water tastes like blood

Maybe this is my fate now

Destiny of a failure

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