Ashish’s prompt :: rat From TRIVENI World of Haiku
just a sneeze
innocent the rat
scampers
among spring blossoms
freed from history
© gsk March 2020
The Rat – Tanka – 27/3/2020
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Tag Archives: Tanka
Christmas Mummer – December 18, 2017 (tanka)
eventide
waltzing through the street
winter mummers*
twirling golden fairy lights
one for every season
gsk ’17
Mummer definition, a person who wears a mask or fantastic costume while merrymaking or taking part in a pantomime, especially at Christmas and other festive seasons.
November 19, 2017 Autumn Reflections (tanka and haiku)
orange squash
bubbling in a pot
silence deepens
then from the window
laughter! children playing ball
evening shadow
in the naked kaki* tree
a last leaf falls
gsk ’17
- kaki – persimmon
Autumn Afternoon in Padua – September 29, 2016
a sunny day
this short parenthesis
of autumn
before we pick up
our lives
© Gsk ‘16
questa giornata
questa breve parentesi
d’autunno
prima di riprendere
le nostre vite
© Gsk ‘16
Dreams of spring – Tanka – September 12, 2016
Carpe Diem Special #218 Dolores’ 2nd “dreaming of spring”
This is the second special dedicated to Dolores of “Ada’s Poetry Alcove”, a tanka about life’s cycle:
autumn
flowers drop their petals
summer gone
they sleep in cold earth
dreaming of spring
© Dolores
And here is our host’s lovely tanka:
a last leaf
fights with the fall storm
its color fades
struggling against the wind
it surrenders
© Chèvrefeuille
And now for my attempt:
autumn
as two lovers kiss
on a park bench
even without blackbird song
spring dreams return
© Gsk ‘16
Carpe Diem Special for Dolores – September 8, 2016 – Tanka
This month the featured haiku poetess on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is Dolores from Ada’s Poetry Alcove. Dolores was the winner of the last kukai “prayers” with the following haiku:
autumn evening
like whispered prayers
leaves float away
© Dolores
For the first CD Special Chèvrefeuille has chosen a tanka for our inspiration. She created the tanka inspired by the music of Karunesh entitled Calling Wisdom.
paintbrush flowers
dancing on the hillside
wind blows over reeds
ancient chants resurrected
sights and sounds of summer
© Dolores
cacophony
shatters the evening calm
rushing home
I find refuge in silence
and the sound of wind chimes
© Gsk ‘16
Reblog: Morning Haiku and Waka – NaPoWriMo – April 5, 2016
From Bastet’s Waka Library on Blogger …
And a tanka:
morning serenade
sweet perfume of mimosa
and thoughts of you
what more can be said of spring
then a warming I love you?
© G.s.k. ’16
OctPoWriMo Day 25 – Morning Haiku and Waka – October 25, 2015
through the leaves
the splendour of mid-autumn
no thoughts for winter
even as a finch sings
under the hot autumn sun
winter thoughts banished
glorious autumn
the splendour of gold and red
black and white winter
this October morn
gelid days seem far away
and yet a cold wind
whistles through this valley
speaking of ice and snow
© G.s.k. ‘15
Morning Haiku and Waka – August 29, 2015
there, in the dawn each morning
a promise seems to linger
something new will come about
but then it passes
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hear the bells
like every morning they chime
echoing at dawn
then the silence pulses
inside like a waterfall
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an old dusty trail
wind-blown and rutted
a banjo plays
somewhere in my memory
hides the Grand Ole Opry
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Saturday morning I think of pancakes – Mom in the kitchen humming.
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Late summer – their chicks grown, the swallows fill the morning sky in silence.
© G.s.k. ‘15
Whirligig 17 – Waka Wordleing – July 27, 2015
THIS WEEK’S WORDS come from “Under Stars” by Tess Gallagher: flag, coatless, slices, stars, games, walk, touch, thinking, kitchen, envelope, roadside, say:
old flag flew
without stars on the roadside
we walked and you’d say
I want slices of heaven
to remember you by
our winter games
you enveloped me boldly
and your gentle touch
left me breathlessly thinking
coat-less in the kitchen
© G.s.k. ‘15
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