TEN TANKA POEMS
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Ram
Krishna Singh (India)
lying
in sun
on a
straw mattress
a nude
couple
whisper
dreamed-up nest
when
their ship comes in
***
peeping
eyes
view
the skull
weird
videos
deep
breathing on the rock
dazed
shapes in moving frames
***
softness
dies
in his
pressure
much
pleasure
melting
elements
feed
the soul in flesh
***
giving
in to grow
intimacy:
wants
no trouble
realizing
dream life
on
daily basis
***
lighting—
roaring
colours in the sky
red,
white, dark
merge
into one
fire,
water, earth
***
she
gives him the push
when
he says sex starving
is a
greater sin
than
fasting for his long life
or
praying to the lingam
***
after
a tiff
lying
under the same blanket
two of
us stare
the
peeping moon and turn
with
glee to each other
***
shaped
like a bird
a drop
of water lands
on her
breast:
my
breath jumps to kiss it
before
her pelvic flick
***
a
sleeping man
under
the tree
awaits
a grave
villains
in village keep
gaslighting
all day
***
she
draws a church
on the
back of a leaflet
to
resurrect Mary
in
whose name she cried for years
and
none counted her tears
****