17 Feb 2019
by lynn__
in tanka
Tags: coyote, death, howl, prey, rabbit, scent, snow
shadowed rabbit tracks
blue moon illuminates snow
coyote’s eerie howl
keen nose follows scent of prey
end is mercifully swift
Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai invites us to find a haiku from our archives and re-write it. I decided to post a haiku I submitted to a poetry contest last year…and make it a tanka. Death is part of life in our natural world.
31 Jan 2019
by lynn__
in tanka
Tags: fence post, grass, hawk, predator, silent
“Taka” is Japanese word for hawk. “Tanka”is Japanese poetry form.

red-tailed predator
eyes alert, talons sharpened,
silent as fence post
waits for slightest rustling
small creature disturbs switch grass
01 Dec 2018
by lynn__
in distillation, quote, tanka
Tags: free, gift, old, peace, relax
A distillation of passage from Plato’s Republic linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Sophocles was a Greek playwright and here’s a quote from his play “Antigone”:
“Many are the wonders of the world but none is more wonderful than man.” — Sophocles
_______
this gift of old age
when strength of passions relax,
free to be at peace…
but elderly who complain,
were they happier in youth?

- Sophocles bust (public domain)
19 Oct 2018
by lynn__
in senryu, tanka
Tags: cobwebs, dusty, gears, machinery, mind
sometimes my mind’s stuck–
dusty old machinery
squeaks thru cobwebbed paths
thankful, though gears of mind are
well-used, still serviceable

photo by lynn
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