Smoking on a summer’s day –
Like eating ice cream
On a winter’s day?
08.05.18
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Notes to this poem…
Big Lift Ferry Poem F385
Getting out of jail –
Before your prisoner friends –
Is so bittersweet –
Especially when no one
Were guilty of anything
09.16.17
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Notes to this poem…
Big Lift Ferry Poem F121
A poetic metaphor –
Without a poem –
To call its own home
06.09.16
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Notes to this poem…
One Stanza Poem O160
All aspects of my life –
Will converge like drawn lines
To a vanishing point –
Some time in the future –
Hopefully a very –
Very distant future
02.17.16 – 05.07.16
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H074
Instead of your cup of tea –
I would rather be –
Your cup of coffee
03.28.16
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Notes to this poem…
Tanka T006
I’m living my life –
Like an illustration drawn
From the outside in –
Where all things will end up at
One common vanishing point
02.22.16
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Notes to this poem…
Big Lift Ferry Poem F023
Cities in colour –
While harbour in black and white –
Halifax photo
This anniversary of
The Halifax Explosion
12.06.15
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H050
Restless sea of thoughts –
Hits paper like waves –
Recedes to reveal poems
10.06.15
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Notes to this poem…
One Stanza Poem O148
I want to be your ice cream –
Scoop me –
Lick me –
Maybe spoon me –
Maybe even gently bite me –
But savour my flavour –
Melt me ever slowly –
And don’t let a drop of me –
Go to waste untasted
08.28.15 – 08.29.15
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H027
Tinder is a game
Where Cupid is like Justice —
Shooting blindfolded
01.03.15
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Notes to this poem…
The Flower and the Bee
You are my flower,
I am your bee,
Open up your petals,
Accommodate me!
You are my flower,
I am your bee,
Your nectar I must devour,
To live and be happy.
You are my flower,
I am your bee,
I will come for you,
Each day eternally.
12.21.13
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Notes to this poem…
One Stanza Poem O136
The world
Is your oyster –
So be its pearl –
Rather than
Just another
Grain of sand
09.05.09 – 10.05.09
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Notes to this poem…
Minh Tan's Old Poetry 