#TANKA

[poppiesandpromises]

Still inside, a prism

Sparkles and you are the sun

That fills me with light

A million rainbows fluttering

Tiny butterflies of joy

[mylittletankaworld]

as river waters, words, too, are never the same otherwise, how could what I once deeply treasured now be the cause of such pain?

[clarkkantagain]

christian hogue by jake lyle

[drearydaffodil]

Here I am again

The same bloody knuckles still

Clutching so tightly

To the same amorphous dreams

The same hunger gnaws at me

[rodolfo9999]

rodolfo tanka

寄り添えと、わたしに言うなお前らよ、突き���ばしたのは一体誰だ

"Come closer," you say, But don't tell me that, O you all. Who was it that pushed me away?

[rumeko]

2024.9.17 中秋の名月

名月の輝く空に君想う

旅行く道にその笑み照らせ

[dbaydenny]

Why We Keep Writing

When the last words failed

we search for new ones, always

poets and writers

stubborn, never giving up,

determined to make a point.

.

D W Eldred

[rhymingtherapy]

newborn kangaroos

known as joeys by the mob

love their mobile homes

father is buck or boomer

mother is devoted doe

@RhymingTherapy—Dec 2023 (my video)

[jonaswpoetry]

Defeatist undertone

Which spiralling heart

leads this dance upon the deck

of our sinking ship?

—

Cold depths await, but

might we not already be

lost, scattered, and wrecked?

@nosebleedclub July Prompts 23. Toxic relationship

[definegodliness]

Eight frogs in the pond, Silenced by midnight's downpour, Now heed but soft drips. Rejoice! Cacophonous croaks! Come dawn the pond is empty.

[poppiesandpromises]

I just feel so sad

When sincerity is seen

As someone's weakness

When their exposed viscera

Becomes fodder for the crowd

[konjaku]

姫女菀[Himejoon] Erigeron annuus

There is a plant called 姫紫苑[Himeshion](Aster fastigiatus), which is also written as 女菀. There are several theories as to the origin of the name Himejoon, it seems that its name was given to mean smaller than 女菀.

姫[Hime] means princess, or something small and adorable. However, the grass height of Himejoon is about 1.5 meters, whereas that of Himeshion is about 1 meter, so the name does not match the actual state. The flowering season is from early summer to late autumn.

Native to North America, it was introduced as an ornamental grass called 柳葉姫菊[Yanagibahimegiku] around the end of the Edo period(1603-1868) and, but once it became a wild species, it quickly spread throughout the country.

杉森の 深さに痩せて 姫女苑

[Sugi-mori no fukasa ni yasete himejoon] Himejoon, which is skinny (and blooming) due to the deep cedar forest By 水野 六山人[Mizuno Rokusanjin]

代議士と ひとたびなりし 有志家の 邸のあとよ 姫女苑さく

[Daigishi to hitotabi narishi yūshika no yashiki no ato yo himejoon saku] Himejoon is blooming on the site of the residence of a public-spirited man who became a member of a congress By 別所 梅之助[Bessho Umenosuke]

季語[Kigo](The seasonal word) for it is summer. 苑󠄂 and 菀 are almost the same meaning.

[prayersource]

A prayer uttered

deep in the depth of your soul

does not go unheard

for the God in heaven hears

a genuine call for help.

.

D W Eldred

[drearydaffodil]

The gentlest kiss—

Light upon your candle face

Soft incandescence

Grimy hands upon your hem

Angel of the downtrodden

[tartanbowtie]

An Oat Milk Latte You Can't Decline

For this GOetry Monday prompt

Form: tanka

Theme: an object in the Good Omens world

Also on AO3

the sweetened offer

a dash of almond syrup

bitter aftertaste

a reminder that freedom

was only an illusion

---

The oat milk latte with a dash of almond syrup, and what it signifies to Aziraphale.

A reflection on liberty, Good Omens Heaven as a cult, and the almond tree as a biblical metaphor for god's watchfulness and the punishment of rebels.

@isiaiowin @goodomensafterdark

[mylittletankaworld]

A simple mistake

I know it is all it takes

To crumble my dreams

My most well-built Sandcastles

Are washed away by the waves