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       CONTENTS          

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Dedication

         Prose Poems     
       (Ripples of the Mind)   
My Pen, My Refuge
Fragments
Haiku 1
Haiku 2
Haiku 3
Haiku 4
Tanka 1
Tanka 2
Tanka 3
Night Tanka
Cinquains
Elegy Unwritten
Amiga Rica
Peñalea
Come Out from Among Them
Reaching for Your Peak
Into His Hands
ReGenesis
Secret Garden
No Bells Ringing
Endangered

             Poetry         
    (Sounds of the Soul)

Egocentral
Rosalinda
Metamorphosis
Hallowed Hole
Reflections
Cocooned

Letting Go
Prescription ...
To Papa Osmubal

Nostalgia
Purgation
Damnation

Soliloquy

            Essay            
Thoughts and Impressions

Giving Back the Lost Smile

 

MELLOWING LEAVES     
              Poetry & Essay                      

         TANKA 3         

As the rhythm break points have changed over the years; so, the function and basic content of Tanka has also changed. Therefore, to answer the question, "What Is A Tanka?" properly, a trip back in time to the very beginning is  essential with a slow return to the present occasionally stopping at different periods along the way.                                                                                                                            Richard McDonald


gathering
twigs washed ashore by
monsoon rains ...
alluring to rekindle
the fires of summer




after the rains ...
the rainbow sneaking
a peek
caught me wind-drying
my blue pajamas

 


waiting
for the cocoon to open ...    

in vain
my dream butterfly
turns out to be a moth

 


stumbled
with my wooden sandals
groping a moonray
in the less-trodden path
of your wooden heart




chopsuey dinner...
Mr. Chopstick, the waiter
chopping
the big chop of porkchop
overlapping my plate




our altar vows
of sharing bed and bread
and the toothpaste …
pressed empty by your longings
will you also take my toothbrush?

 


looking
through the crystal ball
the third eye
blinks to unblur its vision
from a grain of sand

 


working for hours 
on a bundle of files
coffee break time:
to break the monotony
i took a cup of tea

 

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