The Resonance of Calm Kindness
(A Tanka)

The light that's reflect'd
From their twinkling, joyous eyes —
Pure love therein lies —
Turns ravishing, resonant,
With grace forever unspent.

//Thought for the Day//

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Money (of the Soul)
(An Acrostic Poem)

Mirth in mere ordinary things.
Only then springs
Nirvana—when the soul's sparrow sings.
Enchantment consists in content;
Yare be thy heart with pure love's intent.

//Eve's Thought//

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Tomato: The Love Apple

Ah, the supple skin
Of a ripened love apple
Gives way to the knife.
From broth to every bite,
Its redness tastes just so right.

It is each dish's kin,
Umami earthiness —
It's piquant goodness!

//Eve's Thought//

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The Fading Chalkmark

(A Tanka)

Lust — a chalkboard mark,
Love is engraved in each bone —
Deep beneath the skin.
When pale and freckled grows skin,
True love is 'bout to begin?

//Eve's Thought//

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Forged by Farewells
(A Tanka)

The taste of goodbyes
Feels like some salt in the tears
Over all the years,
Steeling the spine of my soul—
I have outlived every ache.

//Eve's Thought//

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The Art of Nightfall
(A Triple Haiku)

From ashes and smoke,
Where midnight love runs amok,
Auroras are inked.

Night is a canvas,
A bleeding heart is the art,
Scripting bold stories.

Ra's rowdy rawness—
Apart from midday madness—
Sparkles pit darkness.

//Thought for the Day//

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Bridging the Gap
(A Tanka Plus)

Be wild in thinking,
Reveries are a-linking,
In the deepest dark.
Dare all your realities,
Glide on the wings of fancy;
Enchanting distances then will be.

//Eve's Thought//

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The Seed of Pulchritude
(A Reverse Tanka)

They buried me like Autumn,
I sprouted like Spring again;
I split open wings
From mulch of dreary decay—
Ancient is this pulch.

//Eve's Thought//

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(Chromatic Cruor)

She came, she saw
A heart bleeding raw:
Blood-red turned fast purple,
Red and blues rendezvoused.


//Eve's Thought//

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The Woes of Velvet Vows
(A Tanka)

The velvet promise
In her deep, eloquent eyes
Portended tempest:
Just at the surface, truth lies—
(I've already lost the quest)!

//Eve's Thought//

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