here is where river meets pond and pasture, forever resting there in my memory; a peaceable kingdom where I journey back to childhood summers when we fished from the dinghy using lines without worms; when swans swam closer. we trailed the cows home at dusk and slept well. Adjusted Nonet form. top image: Wivenhoe Park,…
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Tanka Tuesday 329 — Mourning Doves
you may call them turtle doves; monogamous pairs yet menage a trois at times, during courtship games when wings whistle on take-off, flying fast and straight they live thirty years or more and stay through seasons their streamlined yet pudgy forms, of silk, milked cocoa forage seeds with strut and peck, filling crop caches to…
Tanka Tuesday 328 — Lake Michigan Summer (ekphrastic micropoetry)
“Sun, Sand, & Sea”by Terri Webster Schrandt Sol white-out blinds, penetrates with rays of life and death. Sand bathes, swims, and flops out to air dry; then turns to scour skin. Lake, vast watering dish dragonfly dart from spray deer swim to drown ticks. Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says: 🖋️…
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…
Tanka Tuesday 326–Freed (double syn-dom)
Open If you want me to be honest urge me to keep ego empty, understand the bumps of naked; give me time for trust ‘til ready. Airy flights with guileless commune, souls entwine in threadless eddy. New-old state of being vetted rise to know which things to jetty. Close Shun dysfunctioned ways of bias. Denouement…
Tanka Tuesday 325 Ekphrastic Senryu
final refreshment his grateful parched throat and eyes breath leaves in whisper artwork: A Cup of Water and a Rose by Francisco de Zurbarán prompt inspired by Rebecca Budd’s post: The National Gallery 5 Minute Guided Meditation . Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Colleen says: • Read Rebecca’s post and watch the video….
Tanka Tuesday 324 — Thunderbird Rise
Terri Webster Schrandt Great Sun called us forth as man crawled from wet red clay. We came to dwell here, perched in western sky, twixt realm messengers, with eyes attuned to slithers. Black knotted hungers multiply, feast on weary souls drained of spirit. We rise from Great Mountain thundered flaps, eyes lightning flash snakes poof,…
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