Pussy Willows by Silver Creek in Spring, Georgetown, Ontario, 1955-1964: A Tanka Poem Across from my home, A vast abandoned field: Pussy willow bliss. Sensual buds stir the blood: The long winter over at last. Note: My childhood home on Elizabeth Street in Georgetown, Ontario, was located directly across from a scrubby abandoned field intersected..
Cat mother with two newborn kittens: A Tanka poem That look on her face! Startled surprise…maternity Anthropomorphized? Offspring are forever nurtured; Motherhood is a life long trust. Tanka poetry Tanka poems follow a set of rules. They all have five lines and each line follows a pattern: the first line has five syllables, the second..
Splendid, resilient birds in freezing rain: a Tanka poem Beauty breaks the ice; The storm within subsides; Ethereal glimpse. Revelation with feathers, Gone… irretrievably lost? Photo credit @Lorne Coughlin Facebook Photo credit @ (20+) Beauty Of The Don (Toronto,DonValley) | Facebook Tanka poems follow a set of rules. They all have five lines and each..
Goldfinch in stark winter: a Tanka poem Photo credit Lorne Coughlin Goldfinch, puffed out… Protection or foolish pride? Too recognizable… We are so far from golden, But seem compelled to puff. Tanka poetry Tanka poems follow a set of rules. They all have five lines and each line follows a pattern: the first line has..
Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are as sand, as dust – or less than dust – in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing – Carl Sagan Celestial Deception: A Tanka poem Cocoon nebula Portending a butterfly To the naked eye… Our doors of misperception A cause for celebration?..
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan The Pelican Nebula Interstellar dream… Gestation…galactic spawn Nebulous frenzy Triumphant birth… illusion Pelican of lying eyes. Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something that appears..
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known- Carl Sagan Triangulum Galaxy: A Tanka Poem Magnified, a flash, Blue cosmic reproduction, Long consummated. Our end also resides in The creative overture. The astrophotographer Terry Maurice has kindly given his permission to share the brilliant photo that accompanies this posting. For more images..
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. – Carl Sagan Inexpressible cosmic beauty…and empty space: A Tanka poem A flash of wonder, Andromeda, galactic, Colours so divine. Spectacular illusion: Artifice fills empty space. Tanka poems follow a set of rules. They all have five lines, and each line..
We need beauty because it makes us yearn to be worthy of it. -Mary Oliver Posted here is just one example of the brilliant photography of Lorne Coughlin, the inspiration for this modest poem. Ruby throated hummingbird with dahlia: A Tanka poem A hovering pause, A dazzling floral stopover, Beauty in stasis,..
Black and white in colour: A Tanka poem I have no clue What draws me to this image, Any theory is askew. This starkness lies within me A cosmos of dreams… not new. https://121clicks.com/inspirations/the-sound-of-silence-black-and-white-photography-george-digalakis Tanka poems follow a set of rules. They all have five lines and each line follows a pattern:..