February 9, 2023
by Jem Croucher
4 of 12 in the ‘About Brighton’ series
Breakfast in Brighton
November morning sunshine
follows after rain
Both providing sustenance
for lazy Sunday slowness
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January 29, 2023
by Jem Croucher
With lucidity
lightbulb moments came to me
from left field this week
Caught me unaware but filled
the hole which had been growing
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November 20, 2022
by Jem Croucher
For mid-November
a Sunday tanka I bring
Five short lines of verse
in thirty-one syllables
for your delectation here
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June 9, 2022
by Jem Croucher
5 of 7 in ‘The Syllabic series 22’ from Jemverse
And a raindrop fell
to add concentric circles
spreading into life
building its reserve today
for when the sunshine returns
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May 20, 2022
by Jem Croucher
Come Friday, relax
for it is the weekend now
Time for more yellow
and for some in swathes of sun
for comfort in safe harbour
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April 21, 2022
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Poetry =
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March 7, 2021
by Jem Croucher
Concluding Tri-tanka week (7 of 7)

Tanka week is done
well…when you’ve read this it is
Seven days of verse
each with syllabic sequence
replicated thrice each day
Five and seven and
five and seven and seven
Five lines, thirty-one
syllables to frame each verse
Heralding poetic voice
Tanka week is done
By and by there will be more
This is cathartic
so to it I will return
as it is a favourite
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March 6, 2021
by Jem Croucher
6 of 7 for Tri-tanka week

Following coffee
my Saturday slow starting
pauses yet again
Cathartic indecision
rules and I’m happy with that
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March 5, 2021
by Jem Croucher
5 of 7 for Tri-tanka week

It is quiet now
and dark and silent and still
Night-time clings on here
determined not to let go
Failing as the morning comes
Light slowly merges
The darkness slip-slides away
as a new day dawns
Witness to awakening
this is privilege indeed
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March 4, 2021
by Jem Croucher
4 of 7 for Tri-Tanka week

Throughout and shining
lighting night into morning
driven by the sun
solar for the twinkling time
little lights to guide the way
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March 3, 2021
by Jem Croucher
3 of 7 for Tri-Tanka week

Majestic it stands
steadfast through the many years
Stoic and resigned
yet with aire of regal poise
absent of all arrogance
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March 2, 2021
by Jem Croucher
2 of 7 for Tri-Tanka week

It was full of sun
so I ran and I ran
and bounded about
for this is my expression
of joy in its purest form
It was full of sun
so we watched him run and run
and happily bound
This too is our expression
of joy in its purest form
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March 1, 2021
by Jem Croucher
7 of 12 in the Jemverse ’12 months IV’ series
(& 1 of 7 for Tri-tanka week)

And so March begins
The promises multiply
from nature and man
for spring time and other things
providing wisdom remains
And so March is here
with sunshine already strong
its lack-lustre passed
as it pushes to summer
encouraging new growth
And so March begins
May we please use it wisely
and bring fruition
for it has been a long year
and we are so very close
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February 27, 2021
by Jem Croucher
Music it is said
is today the food of life
Soul food for the mind
Often hungry, it satisfies
Momentarily it fills
Many flavours here
to sample, taste and enjoy
for my sustenance
So yes, I will fill my boots
a bon vivant for music
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October 17, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Heralding a new series
next week to grace these pages
a little taster
Something of the joy to come
to picture Autumn’s treasure
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September 15, 2020
by Jem Croucher
2 in a series of 6

A ‘tanka’ today
as to the beach I return
for September sun
Basking in its warmth and light
for one more day of summer
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April 30, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Fragrant with Jasmine
captured in the evening air
The essence of Spring
And here with warmer evenings
embellish the privilege
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April 29, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Bluebells in sunshine
Indicative of April
raise their lovely heads
and with prelude to laughter
dance as Spring looks to Summer
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March 14, 2020
by Jem Croucher
7 of 7
My tanka week ends
Seven days and many words
every one from heart
And every one fashioned here
for reading delectation
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March 13, 2020
by Jem Croucher
6 of 7
The penultimate
Nine lines more to speak my voice
Not to wane or waste
but here for ‘carpe diem’
Seize the day and capture all
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March 12, 2020
by Jem Croucher
5 of 7
And then to rhythm
with the timbre and syntax
sounding as a drum
with feet tapping to the beat
allows this tanka to speak
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March 11, 2020
by Jem Croucher
4 of 7
Sunshine speaks today
as its warmth embraces me
And compelled to sing
breathing deep I lift my voice
with these words I have to share
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March 10, 2020
by Jem Croucher
3 of 7
For there’s mystery
at times when inspiration
speaks out loud and long
a challenge to the poet
to capture the moment true
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March 9, 2020
by Jem Croucher
2 of 7
This week I will write
in thirty-one syllables
something every day
to capture joy and substance
in my words to speak and sing
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March 8, 2020
by Jem Croucher
1 of 7
For this coming week
every day a Tanka new
for reading pleasure
And a challenge to the words
and the poet who writes them
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November 1, 2019
by Jem Croucher
3 of 12 in the Jemverse ’12 months III’ series

And so November
Colder days have taken hold
As wrapped up people shiver
into the winter
with the swansong of Autumn
for the year-end’s curtain call
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October 1, 2019
by Jem Croucher
2 of 12 in the Jemverse ’12 months III’ series
October is here
as autumn waits in the wings
and the greenery turns brown
leaves begin falling
for the underfoot crunching
into the face of winter
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September 26, 2019
by Jem Croucher

Fussy? Yes perhaps
but for me there’s no excuse
for tasteless coffee
made carelessly without soul
Listless, dull and moribund
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