Kyoka Mad Poems Google Group

love bugs

2008-09-02T23:01:10Z

hi, everyone. just feeling in a light, playful mood:

I step right through
a mad swarm of love bugs
until now
my superhuman status
in question

janet l. d.

p.s. those bugs were unbelievable. luckily they didn't like me (maybe
that's what I should try conveying in a poem), but they certainly

old folks home

2008-09-02T18:21:54Z

alone together at last
in the laundry room
touchy touchy
no more static cling
to keep them apart
shanna

Well--it is not tanka but cinquain

2008-08-28T20:46:09Z

Bad verse
buried at dark
on Boot Hill with villains--
the grave is such a silent place...
thank God.

John Daleiden

neatly mended

2008-08-24T11:48:33Z

across his knee
my neatly mended stitches...
skillfully
I ask about the cold wind
in his unbuttoned fly

m. l. harvey

faultless

2008-08-23T00:55:30Z

women have
many faults its true
while men have only two
what they say
and what they do
shanna

Hello new members

2008-08-18T11:32:47Z

We have a number of new members who have joined lately! Say hello and
let us get to know you.
~K~
M. Kei
Kyoka Listwrangler
P. S. It's also important to say 'hello' because that helps me tell
the difference between spammers and actual people! I'll be doing list
maintenance shortly.

PRUNE JUICE: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka - Call for Submissions

2008-08-17T19:40:53Z

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
for
PRUNE JUICE: JOURNAL OF SENRYU AND KYOKA

[link]

You are invited to submit senryu and/or kyoka for the premiere issue
of Prune Juice, Winter 2009. Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka
is a biannual journal—a print literary journal, an ebook, and a

no bargian

2008-08-10T17:44:22Z

shopping
for a soul mate
I found
one marked down
and bought a façade
(c) 2008 Sandy Vrooman

false impressions

2008-07-18T20:48:27Z

Beethoven
finished his fifth
tripping
into a starry starry night
with a hung impression
(c) 2008 Sandy Vrooman
false impressions

Modern English Tanka listed in Best of the Web 2008

2008-07-17T19:43:22Z

We are pleased to announce that the online editions of Modern English
Tanka quarterly journal have been listed in the Dzanc Books Best of
the Web 2008 book, now available at major booksellers.

MET is online at [link]

You can read about the Best of the Web 2008 book at Dzanc's website:

vitamin beer

2008-07-15T16:51:37Z

that first burp
after the beer bottle
is empty
ah yes letta loose
all that billious bother
shanna

passing gas

2008-07-14T20:22:01Z

loi'i
a new island
forming
on the oceans floor
pele has gone underground
bubbles burst still passing gas
shanna

memories

2008-07-08T14:42:02Z

remember when
the five and ten became
the dime store
now it's the dollar store
nothing less in price
(c) 2008 Krystal Knobbs

my war kyoka

2008-07-07T23:30:13Z

my last kyoka
three people
wrote already
geez those old guys
get all the good words
my war kyoka was quoted by bertrand russel I found.
great minds think alike ....now I have to go read
what else he wrote
aloha shanna

a good hand

2008-07-07T14:17:44Z

making love
is similar to playing bridge
it is best
to have a partner
with a good hand
(C) Krystall Knobbs