lotus stem topples like tree translucence rests on water bridge between heaven and earth dragonfly drowses joe pye and bee balm arise, fragrantly mesmerizing pollinator receptors to twitching magnets red hot sun plays hide and seek after surprise thunderstorm glimpse grandfather behind pine coolly run away kigo used: dragonfly drowses, full blossoming wildflowers, hot red…
Category: #TankaTuesday
24 SSPC 43 (2nd week) The Beginning of Midsummer: Growing Heat (0707-0721)
Snapshots for Midsummer’s AlbumWilted birds and flowersmust patiently waitas black hose flushes smoldering hot waterto cool; to quench thirstythroats and flood parched beds.When long days overstaywhen shy short nights hideeyes long for moonlight in midsummer darknesstwinkling stars and fireflieslost in cool’s magicI grab the bigger canto fill with rec gas;cutting the grass has become avocation.Robins…
24 SSPC 42 (1st week) The Beginning of Midsummer: Growing Heat (July 7 – 21) Shosho 小暑 (tanka)
slight wind tickles chimesat the labyrinth’s entrancein acknowledgmentof my presence, intentionto meditate, in cool shade tanka form kigo: wind chimes, cool shade Colleen Chesebro is the host of TankaTuesday. Colleen wants us to write syllabic poetry using kigo for the season.
24 SSPC 40 (2nd week) The Summer Solstice (June 21 – July 6) Geshi — Theater of Summer Storm
“There is something about the summer / That makes me moody” – “Summer Mood,” Best Coast Theater of Summer Storm Grumble, timpani preamble. Afterwards, listen. There.Wind rustles dust-dulled leaves; skin-tickling mist isblessed, petrichor aura, portends of somethingthat needs lightning’s stage. Something aboutto burst forth; wringing clouds’ torrents upon thebrick ground and drooping stems of summer.Droplets,…
dVerse — Haibun Monday — Summer Solstice Child and TT’s 24 SSPC 39 (1st week) The Summer Solstice (June 21 – July 6) Geshi
Summer Solstice Child My birthday is very near Summer Solstice. Back then, women spent days hospital-bound, which was thought to aid in recovery from the birthing experience. I imagine my mother’s face as she stepped out into warm sunshine’s balm from cool, pale, sterile halls holding a swaddled me. new lives beginning for we are…
24 SSPC 38 (2nd week) The Time of Planting Grains (June 6 – 19) Boshu — badger’s hexastitch series
hidden moth rests out of the rain in perfect camouflage safe in her still silence from hungry bird hunters preserved groundhog perches cool air defying his label aware but unafraid safe in this world preserved exposed treefrog invisible but only to himself boldly sings to be heard hoping to get lucky Badger’s Hexastich form kigo:…
24 SSPC 37 (1st week) The Time of Planting Grains (June 6 – 19) Boshu — shadorma series
coreopsis portal sloping down to frog-turtle pond bright yellow carpet sprawls bordering portal between inside and outside brunnera love my heart rests in a peaceful place well-nourished in its mud veins tenuous but certain we’ll be, forever talking stones between worlds in deep reflection frog listens to stories whispered from stones, who gather them and…
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