Tanka Poem

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

A young Adonis
packed abs with bi&tri ceps
but my mom warned me
so I choose the opera
I melt, then pound-town it is...

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

yeah, so ode to Pretty Woman -- guess I was conditioned...

 

[WCSGarland]

When morning light breaks,
Your sleepy eyes are blinking,
Coffee aroma,
Crinkles the bridge of your nose,
My morning beverage calls.

 

[WCSGarland]

You've been up for hours,
Already had your five teas,
Now it is my turn,
To wipe the sleep from my eyes,
And shake away the cobwebs.

 

[NivKay]

pretty sure I just melted...

Was that a compliment.. ? I'll take it, if it is...just saying..

 

[NivKay]

You've been up for hours,
Already had your five teas,
Now it is my turn,
To wipe the sleep from my eyes,
And shake away the cobwebs.

I'm having my morning coffee right now...Thatnks, man!!

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

yeah, you and the rest of the tanka-men ... not sure you know the power you wield with your words...

 

[NivKay]

A young Adonis
packed abs with bi&tri ceps
but my mom warned me
so I choose the opera
I melt, then pound-town it is...

ooohhh...these Adonises...

 

[NivKay]

yeah, you and the rest of the tanka-men ... not sure you know the power you wield with your words...

Me know nothing, me think, me write, me happy

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

Me know nothing, me think, me write, me happy

no, you wrote--

Tender she goes there
Her steps like softened kisses
Into the adits
Of my heart softly softly
does she drink my ruby dew

and then I lost control of my tanka-maidens...

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

I tried to protect them with shields and ramparts ...

but you guys didn't sling arrows -- just poetry... and we were undone...

 

[NivKay]

I tried to protect them with shields and ramparts ...

but you guys didn't sling arrows -- just poetry... and we were undone...

John Donne's dying words: "John Donne, Ann Donne, Undone."

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

yeah, then you admitted you were a -- "chronic budgie smuggler" and your deputy prime minister confessed he was a full-time toss pot ... and I was able to rally my maiden troops!

@AlinaX put these guys in chains so we can deal with them!

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

BooBear & Hikaru -- get on your knees too!

 

[NivKay]

I did say that, didn't I? Hmmm...

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

@Angeline and @Annelih and @Candy_Kane54 too -- let's all write Tankas about what we are going to do to these upstarts...

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

I did say that, didn't I? Hmmm...

you did... but what does that even mean?

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

not so tough now, are ya, boys? my maidens are all wearing flip-flops with French-pedicured toes... your kryptonite!

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

how did we know? well, since about the age of 16 and being around our girlfriends' dads...

okay...maybe I just over-shared...

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

but let's skip that and get back to the present... what do you have to say for yourselves?

 

[NivKay]

you did... but what does that even mean?

Ok, In Australia, budgie smugglers are basically speedos that men wear for swimming. They're tight, they look like they've smuggled a budgie (budgerica, which is that little cute bird that sings)

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/mens-swimwear

 

[NivKay]

but let's skip that and get back to the present... what do you have to say for yourselves?

nooo....We need some cross-examination here...

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

Ok, In Australia, budgie smugglers are basically speedos that men wear for swimming. They're tight, they look like they've smuggled a budgie (budgerica, which is that little cute bird that sings)

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/mens-swimwear

what? pretty sure I want an Aussie guy who brings a didgeridoo to the party...

 

[Jocelyn_Nicole_Sawyer]

Girls! let's put that to a vote: a cute little bird that sings prettily or like this big ole horn that blows mightily,,,

I don't want to influence the vote so I'll cast at the end...

 

[WCSGarland]

A Tanka Maid rave,
All manacles, balls and chains,
Steady cracks the whip,
Mercurial maiden's ire,
From what was once her desire.