Sage way of being:
textured, muted color, one’s
subtle flavor smiles.
Sage rests in the sun
yet open to being plucked —
time has no meaning.
Sage, pleasing contrast
to grounded, mud origins,
rises to the sky.
Sage: plucked, dried, and cut,
swims in warm spaghetti seas;
inhaled, then consumed.
Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says:
This week’s challenge is a specific form prompt where I ask you to write a senryū poem, or a series of senryū.
Tao Talk 
Love the last one! A surprise 😍
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🙂 ❤
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Beautiful! I really loved the imagery!
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Thank you 🙂
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Love this one Lisa!!❣️
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Thank you, Cindy ❤
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I love that Simon & Garfunkel song. It reminds me of the very beginning of my music journey and the 1972 compilation “Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits” – one of the first vinyl music records I heard and came to dig. I also like your poem! 🙂
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Christian so happy the post pleases you. Good start to a vinyl collection.
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Loved how you’ve used sage in both senses
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Thank you, Sadje 🙂
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You’re most welcome
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Now I’m ready for dinner! (K)
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🙂 I brought the sage in this year and so far it’s doing well. I love the texture on the leaves.
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I love the story you weave into it! Great poem!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you, Yvette 🙂
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Wow! That last one!!! Love the build up to it. Was wondering where you were going. Worth the wait.
Pat
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Thanks much, glad you enjoyed it.
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I like how you gave “Sage” human characteristics. What a great example of personification, Lisa. The series is perfect with the ending senryu… now I want dinner. LOL! 🧡
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Thanks much, Colleen. I had fun with the word meaning on this one.
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That’s what I love about these syllabic poems… they’re all word puzzles. 😀
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swims in warm spaghetti seas; inhaled, then consumed.
Now THAT is imagery!
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Happy you enjoyed the imagery 🙂
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Herb humor!! Perhaps we need to take some lessons from our herbs? I have parsley, rosemary and basil… I think I might need to add some sage and thyme to my herbage 😉
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Happy you like it, Jules, and yes you should!
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…I still have to put my celery in soil…
I don’t think the herbs are out in the garden shops yet. 😉
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Love this, made me hungry!
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Thanks, D.L.!
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sage poetess writes
brilliant clever verses
feeds the mind and soul
❤
David
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Thank you, my friend ❤
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