posting poetic prose
17 Feb 2019 2 Comments
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.
06 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: Choctaw, justice, mist, poverty, turnpike
Choctaw nation land
low mist filters thru dead trees
ancestor spirits
crying out for true justice
turnpike poverty hidden
31 Jan 2019 3 Comments
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
11 Jan 2019 5 Comments
in impressionism, tanka Tags: blackbirds, caw, clouds, hail, storm, thunder, wheat
wild swoop over wheat
blackbirds caw in unison
ominous wing beat
storm clouds darken horizon
thunder rumbles threat of hail
Link to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai featuring “blackbird” kigo.
03 Jan 2019 1 Comment
in tanka Tags: artistry, design, snowflake, symmetrical, winter
winter artistry
pointed in six directions
crystalline magic
shaped sharply symmetrical
an original design
26 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in haiga, tanka Tags: candles, child, Christmas, evergreen, pine, star, trees
01 Dec 2018 6 Comments
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
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this gift of old age
when strength of passions relax,
free to be at peace…
but elderly who complain,
were they happier in youth?
26 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: frost, glitters, holiday, prisms, sunshine
frost sparkles on trees,
catches prisms of sunshine
and glitters landscape;
i stare in admiration
of God’s holiday lighting!
20 Nov 2018 3 Comments
in tanka Tags: blossoms, brave, love, orchid, post office
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai prompt to write of classic kigo, “ran” (orchid).
symmetry blossoms
in small post office lobby
— tropical orchid —
tender, delicate, and brave
sending messages of love
photo by lynn
07 Nov 2018 3 Comments
in tanka Tags: chrysanthemums, cornstalks, granddaughters, leaves, mums
Join in Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s chrysanthemum prompt.
dead leaves fall from trees
cornstalks decay in field as
chrysanthemums bloom!
granddaughters delight in mums
colorful caterpillar 🙂
photo by lynn
29 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: cappuccino, chai, coffeecake, flavor, rhubarb, vanilla
Joining Kristjaan’s “vanilla” prompt at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
french vanilla creme
once flavored cappuccino;
now stirred in my chai
mix teaspoon of vanilla
into rhubarb coffeecake
19 Oct 2018 5 Comments
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
