Given life’s not fair –
Is a fair purpose in life –
To make life fairer?
03.13.21
Harbourwalk Poem W355
Life would be over –
So quickly if it were all –
Just a vacation
07.23.19
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Notes to this poem…
Harbourwalk Poem W312
Travel helps me contemplate –
My encore career –
And my encore life
09.04.18
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Notes to this poem…
Harbourwalk Poem W097
I have replaced my
Big Lift Ferry Poems with
Harbourwalk Poems –
Inspired by walks by the
Sea instead of rides on it
06.02.18 – 06.08.18
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Notes to this poem…
Harbourwalk Poem W090
Two fish in one cast –
Caught by an old fisherman
On the Harbourwalk –
The harbour is abundant
With life for supper tonight
06.07.18
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Notes to this poem…
Tanka T153
Anchors on ships are
Small compared to what they hold
Like anchors in life –
Be careful where you drop them –
And what you choose to be them
05.05.18
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H246
Anchors in life are
Like anchors on ships –
Small compared to what they hold
05.05.18
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Notes to this poem…
Tanka T148
If life were a game –
I want to be greet at
The Gates of Heaven –
By the Angels telling me
“Well played, Mr. Tan, well played!”
04.29.18
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Notes to this poem…
Tanka T142
Many great poets
Were not fully recognized
During their life times –
Nor were many great painters –
But neither were the worst ones
12.15.17
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H227
All those life forms lived –
Without legacy –
How will I be different?
10.03.17
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Notes to this poem…
Tanka T137
Going to airport –
For two weeks with one suitcase –
On the street I see –
A lady going around
With her life in one suitcase
09.27.17
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Notes to this poem…
Big Lift Ferry Poem F386
I know I shouldn’t
Try to succeed at art but
I can’t help trying –
I just need to be myself –
But I’m all about trying
09.16.17
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Notes to this poem…
Minh Tan's Old Poetry 