Morning Cobwebs

dewdrops glitter
on tangled threads of cobweb
pale moon reflections
mere memories of midnight
in growing light of morning

© Kim M. Russell, 2016

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My response to Carpe Diem Special (2nd guest) Kala Ramesh #2 “tangled thoughts . . .” (tanka)

Today is the second Carpe Diem Special by Kala Ramesh, in which Chèvrefeuille has shared a few of her tanka:

how much rain
can a little cloud hold
the overspill
of resentment
her only identity  

the crows
are vanishing
at twilight
my child stretches
the end of play

an evening
of tangled thoughts . . .
through branches
even this rugged moon
looks tattered at the edges

© Kala Ramesh

Chèvrefeuille has also explained that tanka, like haiku, is an ancient Japanese poetry form with five lines that follow the syllable count 5-7-5-7-7 (or in Japanese sounds, onji). The first part (the ‘haiku’) conveys a scene but, by adding the second part (the ‘response’), that scene changes. The ‘pivot’ of the tanka is the third line.