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painted sea - a tanka, Japanese short five line poem

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free me,  disappearing island & painted sea,  not from memory but from  the light that is desire painted sea & disappearing island not from memory, from light that is desire― free me

He left like a

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He left like a   rambunctious whirlwind looked back smiling in silence wore well-laced boots did not forget the tears bent corners without dropping eyes no diminishing storms in site drew an ocean on his pale cheeks  with all the pent-up pain I do not matter! a step behind the other’s back closed fist nibbled heart & swallowed rage spit lahars bit himself so many times that all he wanted was to hang bright stars while flocks of birds crossed  moonlit skies