caw clawing murder
fight over limp carrion
crows can’t hide in snow
are they perpetrators or
black market opportunists?
omnivorous
11 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: carrion, caw, claw, crows, murder, snow
winter’s claws
21 Nov 2024 15 Comments
in tanka Tags: cold, husband, north, snow, tiger
Mish hosts OLN at dVerse…here’s my tanka for mini-prompt 🙂
husband grows older
cold weather, his nemesis
tiger in the snow
our new driveway faces north
he and snowblower…growling
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) created woodblock prints and paintings. Over his lengthy career, Hokusai produced over 30,000 pieces. Tigers became his subject matter in his final years and “Tiger in the Snow” may have been his final creation. (source: wikipedia.com)
inundated
27 Jun 2024 9 Comments
in tanka Tags: disaster, flood, rain, volunteers, water
mucky floodwater
rain brings too much of good thing
overwhelming force
strikes levees, homes, bridges, schools
volunteers come, help clean up
before the greening
06 May 2024 4 Comments
in tanka Tags: geese, island, nest, spring, wind
canada geese back
welcome migrants from the north
spring comes with the wind
soon build nest on their island
papa goose protects new brood
carousel
31 Dec 2023 7 Comments
in tanka Tags: carousel, New Year, orbit, sun
up and down, around
musical revolution
in tilted orbit
riding colorful dreams in
repeated trips around sun
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Happy New Year, friends! May your revolutions be meaningful.
searching
12 Sep 2023 4 Comments
in tanka Tags: Augustine, enough, Jesus, rest, restless
we’re often restless
life’s fulfillment not complete
what will satisfy?
we can find our rest in God
Jesus is more than enough
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“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”
– Augustine from his Confessions
cypress and chianti
13 Aug 2023 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: chianti, cypress, sunrise, villa, vineyards
tuscany daybreak
clouds reflect tangerine sun
which warms tile rooftops,
follows path to white villa,
kisses ripening vineyards
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In response to Kristjaan’s artwork, “Hidden Village”, and linked to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
grandma games
09 Aug 2023 6 Comments
in tanka Tags: grandma, monkeys, mulberry, POP, purple, weasel
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catch a wiggly child
slip shirt over little head
“POP goes the weasel!”
purple monkeys run around
when mulberry bush is ripe 😉
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winter wrangling
21 Apr 2023 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: robin, seasons, snow, spring, wind, winter
winter won’t let go
snow blows, sun beats, clouds recoil
tug-o-war with spring
robin redbreast looks confused
water in birdbath frozen
point of reference
19 Feb 2023 2 Comments
in tanka Tags: lonely, moon, smoke, tree
Happy to join Kristjaan at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai in an ekphrastic prompt!
in surreal dream scene
mysterious smoke signals
above lonely tree
is this a call to battle
or full moon celebration?
quiet time alone
02 Dec 2022 5 Comments
in tanka Tags: alone, loneliness, quiet, soul
listen to your soul
alone is not loneliness
but self-connection
we all need time to process
life’s challenges and trauma
luminousity
13 Aug 2022 2 Comments
orange pumpkin moon
black cloud eye-mask conceals face
trick-or-treat bandit
rises above dark tree shapes
farmyard glows with light surreal
a poem in my pocket 
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