warm winds, shining sun;
the world itself is cheerful —
yet my heart is cold —
the cruel juxtaposition
of inner and outer worlds
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Nothing to Forgive.
Your heart ever burned,
and its sparks became your words,
lighting our darkness;
we are scorched by your starfire,
because you teach how to feel.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
It feels redundant,
all these blurted I love you's.
Yet each is fresh truth.
Why shy from repeated cheer,
but not its repeated lack?
Inadequate
In silence, I hear
a distant scream, a plea for
space, breath and freedom;
how may I answer, save with
sorrow, and an aching heart?
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
Searcher
How can love let go
of the belovéd, or souls
fly from their desire?
If you doubt me, remember –
my heart has not turned away.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
The Dragon's Soul
Softly, the Dragon
breathes quiet concern, a fire
of love, for healing;
his heart’s blood, red as passion,
learning to give gentle heat.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
The Black Forest
Among the hooked thorns
of a path through dark, cold woods,
each step tears deep wounds;
take my hand – we’ll find our way
together, to a clear sky.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
#Pressure on the wound
A tourniquet on a limb
Both stanch the bleeding
A vivid call to action
Save the body politic
#vss365 #dailyhaikuprompt - vivid
#tanka #TankaTuesday #haiku
I have no idea
what you want to hear from me
I can’t read your mind
You expect me to just know
and fulfill your every wish
Beyond Time
My soul feels how far
it has travelled, a lonely,
dark road, to today;
the ages weigh heavy, since
we clasped hands, on a far shore.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
incompetent king
impotent to fix problems
can't but deny them
bankruptcy's oft his next tool
but grace won't likely follow
#tanka #haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #economy #climate #denial #ClimateDenial #censorship #bankruptcy #oligarchy #incompetence #incompetent #forgiveness #grace #rebellion #collapse
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Together
When will the void blaze
to the destruction of time,
and the end of space –
so we may burn, forever
one, in glorious union?
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
Not a full monty
I'm going full maple now
Pass the syrup please
A little pat of butter
For the melting full moon trick
#dailyhaikuprompt - full moon - maple
#tanka #haiku #poetry
Where?
I don’t know if Hope
spreads her wings at dawn, or hides
in the night’s shadows;
but, somewhere, between Luna
and Sol, she will break darkness.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
OverlaidTankas
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoclQ30-mVs
Blogpost: https://blog.illestpreacha.com/napowrimogenmo2025tankas
#livecoding #micropoem #visualpoem #creativecoding #creativecodeart #tanka
For the 7th Day of #NaPoWriMo/ #NaPoGenMo 2025, OverLaidTankas is written in LiveCodeLab. The #LiveCodeLab code is written in the format of a Tanka (Poem written in 5 lines with the following syllable structure : 5,7,5,7,7). Then Further overlaid for effects.
#napowrimo2025 #napogenmo2025 #napowrimo7
#poetry #animation #illestpreacha #
Lethe
The sky is silent,
cold, and the wind, no more, bears
flames, from my sunset;
will I forget this pain, when
I dissolve to dust, again?
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
Where do you go to?
Every time I reach for you,
you are never there
I suspect you hide away,
so I can’t depend on you
