tanka and micropoetry by gennepher

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winter fairies
adorned
the landscape
with
white shining robes

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hoar
frost
crystals
everything
sparkling

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winter fairies
imprisoned
streams
in white
faceted crystals

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cold
frosty
evening
the night sky
blazing with stars

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frosted silver strands
threaded
with sparkling diamonds
gossamer
fine web

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adorning autumn's
discarded
withered leaf
frosted
gems

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autumn’s hawthorn
red fairy lanterns lighting
the way through winter
to
spring

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sweeping
the night sky
moon slowly rising
her gown
glistening

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the
longing
was
there
within

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reaching
into
a space
that
wasn’t there

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the
upturned
hand
held
all longing

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the child
who is always
with me
yet
he is not

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trees
have lost
their leaves
yet  leaves circle the tree trunk
self-importantly all winter

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the
world
is slow
and
so am I

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the wreath
by the grave
told a story
no one
knew

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their
names
unknown
but not
their presence

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they
dispersed
not
knowing
why

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an
interconnecting
link
broken
one by one

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one by one
they faded
away
only one
was left…

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the
knowledge
dying
each one
fading

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death
arose
from
the
beginning

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she searched
but
the answer
had
died

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each mind
encompassing
them all
until
it became as one

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it
is
now
too
late

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