Category: tanka

season calls (tanka)

  Still, woodland clearinggeese rise, through millennia,when the season callsour steps quicken to beat duskour short breath puffs of white mist   video shot at Blandford Nature Center last weekend, which inspired the tanka  

24 SSPC 4 (2nd wk) — Cold Dew (Kanro) (Oct 8 – 22)

finch bob on thistle pecking dashed brown seeds, chirping in warm autumn wind nothing alive feels worried just joy with every breath kigo: (thistle) seeds, (warm) autumn wind Tanka form top image link bottom image link note:  plants breathe too! Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday.

Rain is pouring down (tanka)

I’ve waited for youall summer; pouring from sky,saturating all; not alone in my patience,today we celebrate, wet.   top image:  Blue Rain Downpour by Sandi O’Reilly

Tanka Tuesday 327 — Oak tree (tanka)

My scarred, hale trunk stands, welcomes weary wanderers; grounded through seasons witness; keeper of stories each ring sings a world. Oak — The Stabilizer birthday between June 10 – July 7 Those born under the Celtic tree astrology sign of the Oak have a special gift of strength. They are protective people and often become…

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Shiitake Love (a tanka)

Shiitake tells me he’s in love while I prep soup one Spring afternoon; his scissor end but delayed — hot and sour must be made. Imagine my surprise and delight when I was cutting up dried shiitake mushrooms for a batch of sweet and sour soup and found this.  What are the odds?

Tanka Tuesday 317 — Two Tankas

I watch deer at dusk out my back slider before turning on the lights; as dark shrouds them, I wonder are they still there — or just ghosts? Breakfast cafe fare of chai and vegan croissant, sitting across from my son; infinity rests with us in this moment’s food and talk. Colleen Chesebro is the…

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