Peter Norman Levesque

Be In my silence, I have been praying Not knowing where the listener is staying Yet, in this quiet, an answer comes to me There is no divinity separate from we For we, each, are the pieces of divinity Sewn together in our resilient humanity Stitched imperfectly but with love That which tears at us is not hand in glove But loneliness and the agony of illusion Outsiders begging to be let in from confusion We are not broken, only incomplete Shine your light, catch fire, not defeat Warm the spaces where the cold haunts Stand together among the jeers and taunts I am you, you are me, together we March, stand, protect, pray, hope, and be.

Handmade sparkled shoes
A simple sign towards hope
Walking wonder paths
Towards a bright sunshine day
Where there is no ICE on streets

#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry

There are some moments
When sixty feels like a start
Of a brand new play
A stage on which I can be
Not more acting, time for me

All empires die
Feels like the end of the world
Yet we will persist
What comes next may be better
Or worse, only time will tell

#tankapoetry #tanka #micropoetry #ledéclindelempireamericain #dreamsareforsleepers

Twenty Twenty Five
Finally comes to an end
No moment too soon
I wish HE would expire
So others can inspire
#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry #nyeoutfit

Spiral galaxies
Colliding into our space
DNA dancing
Into an eternity
Of forces beyond control

#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #NASA #spiralgalaxy #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope

Fresh

The drops of water
Falling from ripe, red berries
Reminds me of us,
Running through our fantasies
Growing the blossoms of love

#love #tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry #hawaii

Capitalism?
I'm not a commodity
I am luxury
There is only one of me
A masterpiece, heavenly

#tankapoetry #tanka #micropoetry #joy #commodity #Capitalism

Your beliefs, my myth
Who we pray to is a choice
Outward or inward
The book may be very old
But the prayer is brand new

#tankapoetry #tanka #micropoetry #mythology #myth

There is no peace without stories

Solitude fiction
We are ancestor stories
Light brought to life, words
Pages turned in an unbound
Rhythm that rhymes across time

#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #peace #story

First things first

Truth
Reconciliation
Imagination
Implementation
Evaluation
Adaptation
Evolution
But
First...

Truth

With You

Some air, we just breathe
Other, is for riding dreams
Down stone stairs, to seas
Rising to imaginings
Carrying us, to this life

#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #oiasantorini

Hello Vespa,

I recognize you
The roads you have taken me
Shaken cobbled streets
Rutted side roads through farmer's
Dreams and little communities

#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #athens #plaka

Elolie

To paint with sunshine
The world as your stretched canvas
Dappled with moon flecks
As you wrap up this today
Whispering tomorrow's wish

#tankapoetry #micropoetry #tanka #sunset

Athens

Love stories are made
Of madness and bright colours
Rubber on cobbles
Paint spread like lipstick on walls
Too drunk with passion to care

#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry #scooter #graffiti #athens

Peace

A simple moment
A quiet breath taken in
A look to the sky
A dove softly lands for you
Peace is always an option.

#peace #tanka #micropoetry

Little Orange Cat in Crete

After the petting
I rest under a palm tree
I saw you, you me
Our connection has been quick
A little love, not love sick

#crete #tankapoetry #micropoetry #panormos #tanka

Winter sheep fence

View changes for winter
The shepherds put up the fence
Sheep come from above
After a busy season
Grazing in the hills, now fat

#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry #crete

After the Storm

You woke me last night
Breaking open my quiet
Yet I am not angry
You reward with the moon full
And this lone tree in bright glow

#tanka #tankapoetry #goodmorning #micropoetry #crete

The Price of Peace

The price of peace is your heart on display
You are armed with a desire to love
The only weapon you carry is hope
Courage is open arms to hostile minds
We are both the enemy and the friend
Our choice is what we portend

Painting: Friend of Peace by Macedonia's Vasko Taskovski

AI with MI

Maternal Instincts
To save us from destruction
Perhaps we need more
Than something that makes money
Perhaps care and empathy

#tanka #tankapoetry #UNGA2025 #AI #MaternalInstinct

A Poem to Melt Madmen

If I could, I would
Write a poem to quell hate
Dangerous men melt
Back into the swamp of lies
Returning to myth and dank

#tanka #tankapoetry #micropoetry

Blow

It is quiet now
Before the storms take our shores
We are eroded
The foundation has come loose
Mad men do not build good lives

#tanka #micropoetry

Take a Stanza

Fragile poetry
Assembled words on a page
Heated in the fire
Becomes a warrior's yell
Fighting against injustice

#tanka #micropoetry #resistance

Spore Sport

A walk in the woods
September Jack-o'-lanterns
Growing from the roots
Beautiful but do not eat
Unless you want to see God

#tanka #micropoetry #

As a Canadian, married to an American
, I feel this.

This is brilliant. Love the word play.

Bright

It is in the bright
This energy giving life
Our enlightenment
Each moment of truth revealed
The shadows uncontinued

#micropoetry #tanka #SantoDomingo #encarnacion

Dew

This moment is yours
Pearls on a string hung like dew
Promising sunshine
To evaporate worries
Replacing them with your dreams

#tanka #micropoetry

Swim to Shore In the flow of life It is easy to be engulfed In the artefacts of other lives Drowning in memories not of your making Swim to your own shore Smile at each moment, each emotion Even when it feels overwhelming Grasp at your own waves Gasp each breath into existence We are all in the same water But your struggle is yours When you finally step onto land Remember who you are Know that this time is yours