Soleil Paints
Queen Soleil paints daily
she was taught his famous brush stroke
bleeding feathers of
topaz gold n' daylilies
© Ellen Wilson
Fabric of Our Lives
Spinning puffy white clouds
on Earth's barbed skeleton
snow climbs towards kite blue sky
spun sugar in bits and bolls
Cumulus is in style now
© Ellen Wilson
Sugar Doll
Sugar doll's growing
in a field of yellow stars
Fiesta's red passion
hides in loud lime
stripes
soon thump sugar baby awake
© Ellen Wilson
Lunar's Games
Majestic Lunar
perches in a sea of black
she plays connect the dots and
hide n' seek, and reads her daily scope
she glows pale where dark mysteries shine
© Ellen Wilson
Here is a link to some of my other tanka poems.
Over in the Garden, Kerry introduced us to Dr Hisashi Nakamura.
His Thoughts on Tanka
~Hisashi Nakamura~
How I came to write tanka in English.
"I began to write tanka in English around 2005 after reading Japanese classical tanka quite extensively. I had never dreamed of writing tanka in a foreign language although I started writing free verses in Japanese when I was in my high teens. I tried to write tanka in English because of a unique combination of circumstances."
Kerry: Our challenge today, is to explore the tanka form as presented here by Dr Nakamura. There is no limit to the number of tanka you may write, and you may also share older examples of tanka you have written, if you prefer. Dr Nakamura has shown great interest in our writing group and a link to this prompt will be forwarded to him, so he can pay us a visit in the Imaginary Garden.
I just love this form and look forward to writing more! Thank you Dr. Nakamura!
Thank you Kerry~
Comments
And we see a lot of the fields right now, don't we?
Morgan-It isn't mine...but I too love it! YOU are too kind-thank you so much~
Margaret-I wish that was my photo...I listed the credit *****.
It is gorgeous! Thank you~
L.Diane-Thank you! I wish the moon pic was mine-it isn't...but I will try. We have a telescope-maybe I can use my zoom through it?! :D
Kerry-Thank you so much! I have been taken photos-for years. I do think photography is visual poetry. I love the chance to blend the two! Thank you for this glorious prompt and your kind, heart warming words! @>--------
I love the tanka form
Marian-lol Thank you! YOU should see the cotton growing right now. When you drive by it resembles a field of snow. :D
Brian-The melon is actually a Mexican Gherkin grape. I was comparing being pregnant in the poem. I looked like I swallowed a watermelon when I was pregnant with my daughter. The weight made me look a lot younger, than I was. My husband would get dirty looks! ;D Thank you~
Loredana-Thank you it was fun! I loved yours :D
Grace-Thank you so much :D
Loredana-It isn't my pic-but I too love it-thank you~
Laura-Thank you! I will stop by-your photos are always outstanding :D
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Hannah-I love sugarbaby too...thank you! It is a Mexican Gherkin grape-crazy to see grow. I try something new in my garden each year. :D
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