My response to Carpe Diem Special #194 A Trip Along Memory Lane Eyes raise to the sky A pink vision of blossom Gently quivering Each sweetly perfumed petal A promise of summer fruit © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on sequinsandcherryblossom.com
Tag: Tanka
Dancing in the Rain
A reverse tanka Barefoot or in Wellingtons Forget the brolly and dance Like mad in the rain Drops roll down your face until You’re soaked to the bone © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Before the Thaw
Rainbows hang in spray Of liquescent waterfalls Boulders gather moss Patchwork of meadow snow stitched With flowers – before the thaw © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on jenjoycedesign.com
Songs Are Like Tattoos
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #14: Take a favourite line I have taken a line from ‘Blue’ by Joni Mitchell and incorporated it in a tanka: Songs are like tattoos Pricking at your tender skin Begging to come in And leave indelible stains: Inky music on your soul © Kim M. Russell, 2016 […]
Broken Gate
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #66 Teika’s Ten Tanka Techniques by Jane Reichhold Creak of broken gate Buffeted by winter wind Wood is grey and bare Held up by long grass and weeds Rusty latch bleeds on fingers © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Cellblock
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge # 96 Cellblock by Steve Snodgrass CC BY 2.0 Echoing of keys Locks, bolts, bars and naked light Bulb swings acid bright Only shadows deep within Cloud the pain and hide the sin © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Winter Has Arrived
Blessed by biting wind The marriage of ice and rain Bites down to the bone Wintry weather has arrived In chilly celebration © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Trying on a Wedding Dress
I have been trying for ages to encapsulate in a tanka the experience of going shopping for a wedding dress with my daughter. I hope this does it justice. The wedding isn’t until May and I’m sure there will be plenty to write about then. Of course, I can’t include a picture! Champagne froth […]
Death of a Star Man
My tanka to the one rock star I fell in love with all those years ago when I was very young. I will never forget David Bowie – from a South London girl to a South London boy. A star man has been Extinguished; falling through space, Major Tom has gone. Planet Earth will […]
Hair Ice
Frosty morning light Fractures tiny stalagmites Efflorescent white Of decaying twinkling twigs Scattered in the waking wood © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on epod.usra.edu
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