Lost in the blizzard,
my boots crunch an unknown path –
still, I hear music.
Their hearth blazes; plum wine flows.
Sun rises pink on snowdrifts.
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Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says:
This week, let’s write our favorite haikai poem (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) alluding to either:
•Still Cold (yokan)/New Year (Shinnen)
•Mardi Gras/Ash Wednesday
Am also linking this to dVerse‘ Open Link Night (LIVE) that Bjorn is hosting.
Tao Talk 
“Sun rises pink on snowdrifts” — So lovely!
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Thank you, Dora. I wish I got up early enough to see pink snowdrifts.
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Too cold. Imagining is better. 😀
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If you have to have snowdrifts, let them be pink :)
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:)
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Think Spring.!!!
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I can relate to this lovely poem!
I wanted snow…well I am getting it! We are getting another 2-4 inches tonight and we are stuck at home.
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ha ha! I bet Martha is loving it.
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Yes she is alot…we just made some snow cream…it’s been a long time…probably three years or so
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What is snow cream? It sounds like ice cream using snow?
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It’s a southern thing I guess…. You take two cups of milk, one teaspoon of vanilla flavoring, and a half cup of sugar or so…add snow…it’s awesome…it really is
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Well I have a lot of one of those ingredients :) Will try it when I get the others.
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You will enjoy it. It’s pretty much homemade ice cream. It is so good. Now down here they have an ice cream brand that sells “snow cream” year round.
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p.s. Thanks and glad you like the poem. Did you see I finally saw Vanishing Point?
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No I didn’t see that…
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I sent you email a few days ago.
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Hold on Lisa….I never saw that…let me check my spam filter
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Yes my stupid spam filter got it….cool thank you…I will email back soon
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OK cool :)
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I just sent it.
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Lovely poem.
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Thank you, Indira.
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Welcome, dear.
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Just lovely
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So glad you enjoyed it, Sadje, thank you.
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You’re welcome 😇
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Must be a relief to heart that when lost in a blizzard.
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Yes, when so busy crunching with boots to find a way, to stand still and hear the music is a blessed relief.
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This has a wonderful opening up to it, like emerging from a tunnel. And great illustration. (K)
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Thank you very much.
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Love the imagery in this! Nicely done.
Pat
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Glad you enjoyed it, thank you, Pat.
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Beautiful words do justice to the image. Lovely.
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Thank you very much, Jules.
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #1 (2/18/21): Jade Li’s latest #tanka for my current #Haikai Challenge!
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Lisa, your use of color in this tanka is exquisite and draws me into your imagery. Plum wine, a pink sunrise… lovely. <3
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Colleen I’m glad you like the tanka imagery. Thank you :)
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You are so welcome. <3
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Such a stunning close to this one, Lisa! 💝💝
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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Haikai challenge met….exceeding well, too. Wonderful work Lisa.
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Thanks, Ron!
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Oh boy, it’s Tanka time. You packed a lot in this tiny piece, metaphor and message. I missed you at the “live” OLN. I read BUK, my Bukowski ode .
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Glenn, sorry I missed the live read, especially your reading of BUK. This week has been a struggle. Do you know if Bjorn recorded it?
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This is a gorgeous tanka …. gorgeous.
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Thank you, Helen <3
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A great Tanka Lisa. I am glad the end of your poem finding warmth and companionship in front of the fire.
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Thanks, Dwight.
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you are welcome!
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You captured a feeling and created a beautiful image. I hear it in your words,
my boots crunch an unknown path –
Thanks for sharing.
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Glad you enjoyed it, Ali.
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Your tanka tells a whole story, including setting, and I love the use of sound and colour, Lisa!
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Thank you, Kim. I tried to make it multi-sensory but still get a message in there.
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This is beautiful Lisa, it feels very Japanese to me.
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Many thanks, Ingrid :)
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Such lovely imagery.
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Thank you, Carol.
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You took me into this beautiful painting with your beautifully crafted words, Lisa! It’s warm and pleasant inside, cold and beautiful outside. Brilliant!
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Thank you, Jay!
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Love the image… and the coming in from the cold is something I have tried a few times (but never with plum wine)
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Thanks, Bjorn. Plum wine is good for the soul.
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So beautiful and evocative in a few words.
But this is glorious: “Sun rises pink on snowdrifts.”
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:) Many thanks, Merril.
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You’re welcome!
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