WHILE THE WIFE IS AWAY
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Solitude I have,
But it is not that peaceful…
My lover is ill:
Night is darker without her,
Missing her in hospital!
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–Jonathan Caswell
WHILE THE WIFE IS AWAY
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Category Archives: tanka poetry
NEW CAR TANKA
NEW CAR TANKA
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Looks nice, say our friends,
Runs like a dream to get in…
Your accomplishment!
The CHEVY IMPALA dreamt,
An answer to prayer it is!
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–Jonathan Caswell
ETERNITY REVISITED
ETERNITY REVISITED
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Not for sex or hair
Do we rest in heavenly air…
Mortals need apply,
To the One who rules o’er all,
For inner selves, faith gives all!
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–Jonathan Caswell
WARM WEATHER WONDERS
WARM WEAGTHER WONDERS
(a Tanka Poem)
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Cherry blossom scent
Nods to the Petunia…
Fireworks flower!
Go to the meadows and see,
Examples: fertility!
–Jonathan Caswell
BEFORE THE DAWN
BEFORE THE DAWN
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Robins start trilling
Anticipation of worms
Sleepers try drilling
Pillows for a couple turns,
Putting off morning concerns.
–Jonathan Caswell
LOVE/HATE TANKA-?
LOVE/HATE TANKA POEM-?
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Love and hate opposed,
Flowers and thorns on the rose…
Obverse and reverse:
Two sides of very same coin,
Hardly separated–joined!
–Jonathan Caswell
PREPARE HIS ROAD!
PREPARE HIS ROAD!
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The King is coming,
Prepare the road–His People”
Worthy paving stones!
Lord, open our ears of stone,
Open our mouths to sing Praise!
–Jonathan Caswell
YOUR PROPHETS PROCLAIMED
YOUR PROPHETS PROCLAIMED:
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From you the Saviour
Grows up, nothing in our eyes,
Sacrifice and dies,
Reconciling all whose faith
Restores thy fortunes again!
–Jonathan Caswell
CRYING FOR OUR LORD
CRYING FOR OUR LORD
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Abba–Father, come
Take your weary people home..
Whose are we but Yours?
Be our Rock higher than I,
Save us Lord, our Redeemer!
–Jonathan Caswell
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