we
listen
evenings
for fluttered wings
of
full
moon glides
silver flickers
between bare trees
leads
where
they soon
turn and twirl
in fairy dance
do
words used: listen soon do
I took the picture on a garden tour last year.
lanturne form series
I am today’s host for TankaTuesday. Today’s challenge is to write syllabic poetry using at least 3 of the given words.
Tao Talk 
Suddenly, I’m thinking of Easter. 🤓
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With good reason, Gia! :)
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Indeed. Now I’m ready for spring and winter hasn’t even begun. 🌸🌸🌸
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There’s always Australia vacay ;)
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Truth! 🥂
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This has a wonderful spiraling rhythm to it. (K)
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:) thanks, K
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Your words flow beautifully, Lisa.
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Eugi, thanks so much <3
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You’re most welcome, Lisa.
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Love the image and your poetry goes with it beautifully.
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Thanks much, Dale, glad you enjoyed them :)
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Very much so!
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This is excellent, Melissa!
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Thanks, Nancy.
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Very welcome! 🐰
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I like this one a lot…you have all sorts of flight and twirling.
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Thanks and glad you enjoyed that part of it.
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I love the fairy on the hare/rabbit! And the poem encouraging us to wait and listen for fluttered wings. Fairies or moths? Who knows!
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Lisa, depends on which lens we look through ;) Glad you liked that tiny creature.
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So lovely Li
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Thanks, Sadje :)
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My pleasure
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Hi Lisa, what a cool form. I must try this. A delightful poem.
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Robbie, thank you. Each lanturne is supposed to look like a … lantern, which I thought would be cool for the ones watching the fairies :)
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Form and substance both lovely !!!
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Wouldn’t you love to happen upon such a scene. But then again… have you seen Radiohead’s video for, “There There”? So good but so creepy!
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Ha! I know the clip !!!! :-D Thumbs UP !
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:)
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An elder neibhbor had a fairy garden in her front yard… after she moved…the new owners took out all the greenery and trees in the front… *sigh*.
Cute pic.
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And of course there are no local ordinances protecting the non-human life, like trees and such. MAKES ME SICK! I just found out a neighbor down the road that was selling 40 acres got it bought and now it’s being split into 5-acre parcels. Let’s just go ahead and say 8 new homes will be joining us in the next few years. Nice vacant, wooded property will first be cleared, bulldozed, a McMansion built and sterile green sod laid over the grave of the land.
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Ugh. Hubby was talking to someone today who mentioned that 30 years ago our town had quite a bit more open space. Now you are correct McMansions or appartments that no one can afford. The person he was speaking to says they pay about 1,800 a month for a studio apartment. Crazy.
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How can people afford that much for so little? I was just reading on fb about a new ordinance in our county about limiting the % of short-term rentals, which I heartily approve of. I also wish they would implement limiting the % of landlord rentals in general. Too many landlords out there that can extort $$ out of renters without any recourse for the renters. Every person has the right to their own home. Certainly doesn’t have to be a McMansion, just the basics.
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I read about a land reuse area where the gent/company? is creating homes out of shipping containers (especially for low cost homes). Reclaiming the land and giving folks a chance to have their own space.
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I’ve seen pics of shipping container homes. A small restaurant downtown is built from them. I love the idea of repurposing and a sensible scale so people are not enslaved to paying landLORDs for the rest of their lives. Honestly not much as changed from feudalism days, just in another form.
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Hi Lisa I really love this lovely poem and the image with it just like a fairytale.
Yhank you for the lovely prompt 💜💜
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Willow thanks very much. I enjoyed writing it, and finding that fairy on a rabbit in the tree was a delight :)
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yes I can tell you loved it
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:) <3
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😊😊😊
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So magical 💚 🐿️ xxx
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Lesley, I’m glad you felt it <3
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🩷🩷🩷
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Oh, I love fairies! Great poem, Eugi!
Yvette M Calleiro :-)
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thanks, Yvette :)
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Fabulous Lanturne poem, Lisa. I love how this came together and flowed.
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Thanks, Colleen. I imagined it as a pathway lit by lanterns.
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