Hello, beautiful readers! For Reena's Xploration Challenge #366, we are invited to pull a word or line from two short excerpts from the Booker Prize-winning book "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey. Here are the two excerpts:
I decided to write a tanka inspired by the lines: "We're windblown leaves. We think we are the wind. We are just the leaf." A tanka is a five-lined poem with a syllabication pattern of 5-7-5-7-7 and tends to have a pivot point. My pivot is in the fourth line.
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windblown leaves scatter
unable to change their course
mindless compliance
choose to be the wind, not leaves
take charge of your destiny
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This is an excellent poem, Yvette. Thanks for sharing it. Robbie Cheadle
ReplyDeleteThank you, Robbie! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteI have always enjoyed seeing the wind flow. There was that time though in FL tail end of a hurricane that the winds were so fierce that I felt like I had to walk/almost crawl into it to get to were I needed to be. That was several years ago when even the pier had to be closed because the ocean level was just too high. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, the wind can be very destructive when it wants to be. Thanks for sharing your experience, Jules! :-)
DeleteOh, Yvi! This is spot on. I live the analogy of the leaves following the wind (bag) around. Perfect for current events!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Colleen! My mind was definitely on our current situation. Thanks for picking up on that. :-)
DeleteYou picked the line that captured my attention, Yvette! Well said, we should all be the wind.
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike! Thanks for visiting, Denise! :-)
DeleteBeautiful poem and sound advice.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mark! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
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