Three Tanka Poems
Three Tanka Love Poems
1.
metal suffers stress breaks
time, dark nights, falls — all test vows
fabric gaps and frays
sutures hold, wounds heal, scars form
peonies’ tight fists open
2.
shared companion path,
“spaces in togetherness”
singular journeys
choose a gratitude mindset
elder years bear hidden gifts
3.
years roll into years,
fog into overcast days
one shoe waits to drop
also true—sun seasons shine
age advances, love flowers
-Mary Louise Peters
*Tanka poetry form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable count
*Kahlil Gibran: (excerpt),
“…let there be spaces in your togetherness”
✨Love & Light for Today: If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you
- Winnie the Pooh
Who is your inseparable?
What do years teach?
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