Create your forum
Toot your own horn; beat your drum
Welcome smart and dumb
Either get out or belong
Here in this box — troll or chum
Twiddling your thumb
Peachy happy; chewing glum
Open door or mum
Knowledge picking, sharing crumb
One for all or all from some
Two boring samples while working tanka in monorhyme.
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God can’t always hear!
Prayers you hold heartfelt dear
Anger, hate and fear
Envious to killing tear
Cain-not, un-Abel revere
Brotherly love peer
Helpful hands decisions steer
Or work hard career?
Feed me now! Not oil or beer.
Worldwide starvation to clear.
Responsible gear
Men in charge to disappear
Accountable cheer
Gnashing of golden teeth sneer
Spreading of garlic breath ‘shmear’
God is near and here.
Within immediate sphere
Loving volunteer
Outward some-thing to revere
Inward no-thing so sincere
Four selfless samples of boogered tanka in monorhyme.
Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.
Atheist
Selfish little pods!
Deny existence of gods
Or other divine squads
Small minds of nothingness façades!
Zero is some-times at odds.
Agnostic
Infinitely blind
Impossible, undefined
Up to a point mind
Ki power of the Son find
Where time and space intertwined
Infidel
In the hollow wood
None-believers covered hood
Some misunderstood.
Most owls hoot, with big eyes, could
Love not hate or fear – All good.
Skeptic
All doctrines and creeds
Eyes and ears of doubting bleeds.
Brain-washing succeeds
Skip Old to New ticks proceeds
Give well a note Truthful deeds
Four similar samples of valid tankas in monorhyme.
Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.