Hello, beautiful readers! For this week's 72 Japanese Micro-Seasons, Colleen Chesebro introduces us to the season of Kasumi hajimete tanabiku, or mist starts to linger. I've chosen to write a haiku to celebrate the mico-season.
changes in weather
wintry chill becomes subdued
mist starts to linger
Colleen has also brought back #TankaTuesday, which first introduced me to this wonderful poetry community, and I'm excited that it is back. This week's challenge is to write a taiga, which is Colleen and Robbie's version of a tanka with an image. The poem must stand alone without the image, and the image cannot complete the tanka. They are independent of the other but complement each other. For this week, Colleen asks that the image be in black and white.
Lovely poems, Yvette. I love Colleen's challenge and your response is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Balroop! I'm happy Colleen has brought back TankaTuesday. I missed it. Thanks for stopping by. :-)
DeleteLife is all about the choices we make. I think your words bear that out beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Violet! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteBoth poems are lovely, Yvette, but I especially love the tanka. So true!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jan! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteI enjoyed both of your poems, Yvi. Robbie and I decided on the black and white photos because of publication, but look how expressive the taiga becomes in black and white. Your poems are both spectacular!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Colleen! I'm happy you chose black and white. It brings more attention to the words. I appreciate your kind words. :-)
DeleteGreat taiga Yvette, 💞
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzanne! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteAbsolutely gorgeous, Yvette! I love your response to the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lauren! I am so happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by. :-)
DeleteThe image and words complement each other beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kerfe! I appreciate you vising. :-)
DeleteThese poems are both wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Heather! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteChallenges can make us stronger only if we can learn from our mistakes along the way :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Jules! Thank you for stopping by. :-)
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