Published in KernalsOnline.com April 17, 2013, Editor's Choice http://www.kernelsonline.com/EC-TANKApage.html I spring forth from the ecstasy of being a lotus . . . become legend as you hide in the bosom of another For this Editor's Choice, I've selected a tanka by Sergio Ortiz of Puerto Rico which is one that also includes elements familiar in old court poetry: association by nature, juxtaposition, meeting, parting, longing and the beauty of thought. It contains self but only in comparison to a lotus in the way perhaps that an old or past love has moved on to another's embrace by choice, or maybe even returned to because of obligation. Either way, the poet/lover has become legend now and what springs forth for readers, is the ecstasy of once being.
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Dengue
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Dengue Cerberus licking his stone wrinkle genitals… A fever of 103 I survive the lecher's kiss, Continue to swim in light Pure? What does it mean? Sharp as the tongues of Paradise Are sharp Sharp as Hiroshima rain Radiation turned them red Eleven days and nights Water dissolving my liver I barely consume any food It’s the pain of having lost my humility to love That keeps me from a hospital Yet Paradise is not an option The fever subsides like an old whore Counseling a virgin And I go to see a movie Then rush back home to bed
Three Tanka Published in Breath & Shadow
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Three Tanka by Sergio Ortiz Published in Breath & Shadow Spring 2013 Volume 10 Issue 2 http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath/spr13e.html Benghazi at dawn recalling a peaceful dream the autumn wind moans through a crack in the window learning to say goodbye… a fraction of myself touching you in secret places burnt bodies inside a gutted Toyota . . . butterflies spiraling upward haunt the summer fields Sergio Ortiz is a retired educator, poet, painter, and photographer. Flutter Press released his debut chapbook, At the Tail End of Dusk, in October of 2009. Ronin Press released his second chapbook: topography of a desire, in May of 2010. He is a three-time nominee for the 2010 and 2011 Sundress Best of the Web Anthology and a 2010 Pushcart nominee. He was also commended in the 2012 Polish Haiku Competition.
Misty River: Heather's Song
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http://youtu.be/id5jYgUjgQo MISTY RIVER HEATHER'S SONG THIS IS A SPECIAL LOVE SONG FOR ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, HERE'S HOPING SOMEONE KIND WATCHES OVER EACH AND EVERY ONE, BECAUSE IN EVERY YOUNG FACE, NO MATTER HOW ANGRY OR SAD, LIES THE BLOSSOM OF A PURE HEART, NOT EVIL WRONG OR BAD. SO IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG CHILD, BE GENTLE WISE AND KIND, AND TREAT THEM LIKE AN ORCHID, SO RARE AND HARD TO FIND, YOUR LOVE WILL BE LIKE WATER TO ALL THE SEEDS YOU SOW. FOR THEY ARE THE FAIREST FLOWERS IN LIFE¹S GARDEN WHERE THEY GROW. AND IF YOU KNOW THE OLD FOLKS, BE GENTLE WISE AND KIND, THEIR SOULS WILL SOON DEPART US, AND LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND, THEY'VE GIVEN US THE FUTURE, THEY TAUGHT US WHAT THEY KNOW, TO SOON BECOME A PART OF GOD'S KINGDOM WHERE THEY GO.
Sorrow’s Home
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Sorrow’s Home when I was a child I knew encyclopedias and dictionaries— wire clothes hangers beating on my skin I looked the other way as long as my playmates groped me as if I were a girl and I was nurtured with wanderlust I sought adventure in the dark closet where my stepfather littered my pride and pain— my old poverty I was hopeful for my people were λ children floundering in dark clubs trying hard to fashion a better way war raged and peace burst out of flowers we made love on tropical nights in palm jungles near the beach
Two of my tanka published in this issue of Notes from the Gean
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