More haiku, senryu and tanka
As usual, all of these have previously appeared on Twitter.
Burning, raw, livid ~ pale anger's swelling gift; ~ Overpowering.
Face to face, they lay; ~ hopes, futures, pasts, regrets, dreams ~ exchanged without words.
She sees the him ~ he hides behind; ~ delicate flower.
So long sharp-eyed ~ Yet sightless; finally ~ In each other, we see.
Citrus tang, ~ Tingles in my mouth; ~ Eyelids flutter
Old, smoky men ~ Admire young lovers' whirl ~ In ageless sway
Steam swirls ~ in morning's mist; ~ Pale stallion surveys
Coated in you, senses overcome; ~ Fill me, my love
Chance encounter. ~ A slick of kohl caught his eye; ~ He fell
Coiled pressure builds ~ Inside, outside; ~ Release me
I feel your tremble ~ Beneath my soft mouth; ~ We surrender
A flutter of eyelash ~ Against my skin; ~ I succumb, trembling.
You move in me. ~ Breath, sweat, love; ~ The opposite of pain
Swirling soft circles ~ Across your curves and valleys; ~ Map of our new world
Fingers grip my thigh ~ Blessed bruise of your hunger; ~ Beloved.
Your animal growl; ~ I should fear my wanting but ~ My body betrays me
A backward glance at ~ youth's distant, unknowing calm. ~ Older, not wiser
In isolation, ~ Darkness licks at my edges. ~ You herald the dawn.
A butterfly beat; ~ Trembling flutter ~ Thrills me
Your soul offered; ~ I have nothing to barter, ~ Priceless, precious gift.
Love's true barter ~ Show me yours, I'll show you mine; ~ Some things can't be bought.
Words tumble, ~ Mumbling ungainly joy; ~ My graceless angel.
Rummage inside ~ Pockets filled with penance; ~ Redemption found
Like warm, spring rain, ~ flowing through nooks and crannies; ~ You renew me.
Mother moorhen ~ Skating across the dank pond; ~ Serenity.
Tear down, brick by brick; ~ Shatter, shard, let in the light, ~ Beautiful vandal.
Shadow-boxing clouds ~ Skirt the sun, destroyer queen; ~ Survival; raindrops.
Scrub 'til I bleed ~ Grime and fight and pain, flowing; ~ Wash me clean.
A trickle of life ~ precious, tentative, fragile; ~ Sacred.
The ease of feeling ~ Your constant beat; ~ No need for flight.
Antique shackles break; ~ bonds release ~ the weight of anger.
A flicker; ~ indigo memories ~ a wellspring.
A scarlet slash, ~ a hint of blush, adorn; ~ yet camouflage.
The answers are there ~ just ~ read between my lines.
Kneel, anoint, ~ humbled without fear; ~ love's welcome.
Irresistible, ~ As the sun anoints the dawn; ~ A new day.
Lips and teeth and tongue ~ Burn me; ~ Lover, mine.
Uncoiling ~ this skein of sorrow; ~ threads of new hope.
Transfixed by ~ scarlet leather promises; ~ Heaven awaits.
Dark glitter ~ beneath your skin; ~ temptation beckons.
Pressed to my thigh, ~ hard beneath rough denim; ~ Second skin shed.
Alone ~ she dances. ~ Lost; and found.
In halls of blue, ~ Beneath the past's domain ~ Futures linger.
Live inside my soul ~ reside beneath my skin; ~ come, love; complete.
Surrounded by beauty ~ if only ~ you lift your eyes to see.
The pull of this earth ~ more than home, blood, soul, being; ~ woven inside me.
Awkward, dissonant; ~ I struggle to get ~ the knack of you.
Your clutching hand, ~ desperation grasping; ~ beloved stranger.
Pare and whittle, ~ the soul's sharp texture endures; ~ ragged beauty.
Pass by my laugh ~ pass by my scowl; ~ my heart halts for you.
Life, hope, pain, dreams, death ~ all pass in time's soft blur; ~ sharp, clear love endures.
As you slink and slide ~ from me, sly smile spreading, ~ I ask your name.
Muscles flex and strain, ~ pain, welcome, sweet torture; ~ scarlet symphony.
A gentle whisper ~ in violet dreams; ~ I wake, smiling.
If I stay, perhaps ~ it will not be true, my love. ~ Bitter truth prickles; ~ My cold, one-sided vigil ~ Hands sunk in the verdant earth
Burning, raw, livid ~ pale anger's swelling gift; ~ Overpowering.
Face to face, they lay; ~ hopes, futures, pasts, regrets, dreams ~ exchanged without words.
She sees the him ~ he hides behind; ~ delicate flower.
So long sharp-eyed ~ Yet sightless; finally ~ In each other, we see.
Citrus tang, ~ Tingles in my mouth; ~ Eyelids flutter
Old, smoky men ~ Admire young lovers' whirl ~ In ageless sway
Steam swirls ~ in morning's mist; ~ Pale stallion surveys
Coated in you, senses overcome; ~ Fill me, my love
Chance encounter. ~ A slick of kohl caught his eye; ~ He fell
Coiled pressure builds ~ Inside, outside; ~ Release me
I feel your tremble ~ Beneath my soft mouth; ~ We surrender
A flutter of eyelash ~ Against my skin; ~ I succumb, trembling.
You move in me. ~ Breath, sweat, love; ~ The opposite of pain
Swirling soft circles ~ Across your curves and valleys; ~ Map of our new world
Fingers grip my thigh ~ Blessed bruise of your hunger; ~ Beloved.
Your animal growl; ~ I should fear my wanting but ~ My body betrays me
A backward glance at ~ youth's distant, unknowing calm. ~ Older, not wiser
In isolation, ~ Darkness licks at my edges. ~ You herald the dawn.
A butterfly beat; ~ Trembling flutter ~ Thrills me
Your soul offered; ~ I have nothing to barter, ~ Priceless, precious gift.
Love's true barter ~ Show me yours, I'll show you mine; ~ Some things can't be bought.
Words tumble, ~ Mumbling ungainly joy; ~ My graceless angel.
Rummage inside ~ Pockets filled with penance; ~ Redemption found
Like warm, spring rain, ~ flowing through nooks and crannies; ~ You renew me.
Mother moorhen ~ Skating across the dank pond; ~ Serenity.
Tear down, brick by brick; ~ Shatter, shard, let in the light, ~ Beautiful vandal.
Shadow-boxing clouds ~ Skirt the sun, destroyer queen; ~ Survival; raindrops.
Scrub 'til I bleed ~ Grime and fight and pain, flowing; ~ Wash me clean.
A trickle of life ~ precious, tentative, fragile; ~ Sacred.
The ease of feeling ~ Your constant beat; ~ No need for flight.
Antique shackles break; ~ bonds release ~ the weight of anger.
A flicker; ~ indigo memories ~ a wellspring.
A scarlet slash, ~ a hint of blush, adorn; ~ yet camouflage.
The answers are there ~ just ~ read between my lines.
Kneel, anoint, ~ humbled without fear; ~ love's welcome.
Irresistible, ~ As the sun anoints the dawn; ~ A new day.
Lips and teeth and tongue ~ Burn me; ~ Lover, mine.
Uncoiling ~ this skein of sorrow; ~ threads of new hope.
Transfixed by ~ scarlet leather promises; ~ Heaven awaits.
Dark glitter ~ beneath your skin; ~ temptation beckons.
Pressed to my thigh, ~ hard beneath rough denim; ~ Second skin shed.
Alone ~ she dances. ~ Lost; and found.
In halls of blue, ~ Beneath the past's domain ~ Futures linger.
Live inside my soul ~ reside beneath my skin; ~ come, love; complete.
Surrounded by beauty ~ if only ~ you lift your eyes to see.
The pull of this earth ~ more than home, blood, soul, being; ~ woven inside me.
Awkward, dissonant; ~ I struggle to get ~ the knack of you.
Your clutching hand, ~ desperation grasping; ~ beloved stranger.
Pare and whittle, ~ the soul's sharp texture endures; ~ ragged beauty.
Pass by my laugh ~ pass by my scowl; ~ my heart halts for you.
Life, hope, pain, dreams, death ~ all pass in time's soft blur; ~ sharp, clear love endures.
As you slink and slide ~ from me, sly smile spreading, ~ I ask your name.
Muscles flex and strain, ~ pain, welcome, sweet torture; ~ scarlet symphony.
A gentle whisper ~ in violet dreams; ~ I wake, smiling.
If I stay, perhaps ~ it will not be true, my love. ~ Bitter truth prickles; ~ My cold, one-sided vigil ~ Hands sunk in the verdant earth