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issue 5 - loka - tanka challenge

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war-torn another explosion of bruises across the skyline of my body
- Debbie Strange, Canada

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heading west into Texas desert so much solace in such an empty landscape 

- Robert Miner, USA





a visit with her son in the group home not enough sugar in the lemonade

- Marcie Wessels, USA





sterile light down the hospital hall each open door locked from inside 

- Ash Evan Lippert, USA




almost fetal in bed holding hands with myself hoping for peace

- Tom Clausen, USA




sea glass along the shore my dreams so long cradled within me 

- Daniela Misso, Italy


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silver anklets tinkling by the riverside in broad daylight I dream of my father whistling his favorite tune

- Lakshmi Iyer, India





i learn to bake and he to waltz the apple moon waxing and waning between us 

- Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania





a maple leaf caught in the wind she turns circles of dance into laughter

- m shane pruett, USA





maple seeds spinning all my wishes that never came true

- Bryan Rickert, USA




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but it is not just a name carrying the whole loka inside mine
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- Shloka Shankar, India



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