These are my contributions for this week to Tanka Tuesday. While I do try very hard to put in an appropriate kigo word, I think my poems are kigo poems. They are word impressions of the season or a seasonal change at a point in time. I quite like the idea of a kigo poem.
You can join in Colleen’s challenge here: https://tankatuesday.com/2023/11/07/24-seasons-syllabic-poetry-challenge-no-7-11-6-23-the-beginning-of-winter-november-7-21-ritto-%e7%ab%8b%e5%86%ac/
Pomegranate flowers (shadorma)
Will they or
Won’t they turn into
Round and red
Delicious
Juicy, seed filled pomegranates
It’s in nature’s hands
Fuchsias Dancers (shadorma)
Delicate
Ballerinas on
Painful pointes
Tutus stiff
Tchaikovsky’s dream performance
In garden setting
Unnatural silence (tanka)
Heavy silence hangs
No buzzing sounds, no swarming
No bee visitors
Our annual guests have not come
No normality
I have deliberately repeated the word no as a word echo to emphasis that the unnatural situation this year.
Haiku
New born child’s clock starts
Elderly persons clock stops
But time, marches on
Spoiled birds (shadorma)
Rotting fruit
Partially eaten
Thoughtlessly
Disgarded
Abundance overwhelming
Loeries spoiled for choice
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These all are wonderful poems.
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Thank you, Sadje
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You’re most welcome
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Beautiful photos, Lovely poems.
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Thank you, Timothy
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all so lovely and beautiful captures, Robbie 🤍✨
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Thank you, Destiny
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most welcome 🤍
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That was several fun and beautiful poems with nice pictures
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Hi Thomas, I’m glad you enjoyed this post 💞
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These express your seasons very well. I like the ballerinas, but it’s very worrying that your bees are not around.
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Hi Merril, I agree, it is very strange. We always gets swarms, sometimes as many as three. This year the bees are few and far between.
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That is very troubling.
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All excellent poems, Robbie! Evocative, poignant, etc.!
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Thank you, Dave. I am enjoying capturing my garden observations as poems.
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Poetic photos and photogenic poetry! ❤
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Thank you, Annette. photogenic poetry is a great description 💚
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Your poems capture a variety of moods, and I particularly like “Fuchsias Dancers.” Creative to look at flowers as ballerinas!
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Hi Dave, ever since I was a little girl, I’ve called fuchsias ballerina flowers.
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Your attention to detail makes these poems vivid. I love the fuschia ballerinas.
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I like that poem, and those flowers, too.
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I really enjoyed the poetry and flowers!
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I’m glad, Jennie 💕
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Beautiful poetry and pictures, Robbie!
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Thank you, Tim
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These are great, Robbie. Time does march on, poignant, but worth considering. I love pomegranates, but we rarely see them around here.
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Hi Dan, the time poem is the one I like best. Thank you.
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Robbie, you are definitely capturing the weather kigo words in South Africa. It’s disheartening to hear that the bees haven’t come. Our summer didn’t have a lot of bees either. Your poetry is lovely, and I enjoy how you share about the loery birds.
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Hi Colleen, we’ve had funny weather. It is boiling hot and then freezing cold. I think the cold has caused a problem. There aren’t many butterflies either.
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I love the poems and the pictures. So lovely.
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Thank you, Kymber
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I particularly appreciate the messages in this group of poems.
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Hi Liz, thank you. My favourite is the one about time.
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You’re welcome, Robbie. My favorite is “Pomegranate flowers.”
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These are amazing Robbie and I particularly love the fuchsias and the ballerina .. great imagery💕
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Hi Cindy, thank you, I do enjoy the dancing fuchsias.
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Very descriptive of the season, Robbie. Yes, the lorries are messy 😁
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Hi Terri, they are messy and noisy, but they are also clever and fun to watch.
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Those poor peaches. I always lose some of my fruit, too.
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It is a shame/ waste. I’ve learned a bit about caring for the peach tree from you.
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I love these photos, Robbie, but the poems are so fantastic! Great work!
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Thank you, Jan. My favourite is the one about time.
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Robbie, difficult to choose a favorite from this bunch. Fuschias are such lovely flowers and I really like the one about baby’s first breath, elder’s last, life goes on ❤
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The one about the clocks is my favourite. I am enjoying pinpointing seasonal changes in verse.
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Robbie, I am also. I also on going down the list of the 24 forms in order. It takes my guesswork out on what form next, and that makes it even more enjoyable.
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That’s frightening to have no bees. It’s the same here.
I love especially your dancing flowers. (K)
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Thank you, zkerfe. The bee situation is very strange. We always get swarming.
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Hi, Robbie – You are able to masterfully convey such complex, vivid images with a few brief words. Beautifully done!
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Thank you, Donna. I appreciate your comment 💕
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Beautiful poems (and photos), Robbie! I love the one about the clock/time. It’s profound!
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Thank you, Miriam. That is my favourite too 💞
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enjoyed these, both poems and pics, especially the fuchsia dancers —
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Thank you, John
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You are seriously a genius with your imagery, Robbie ❤
Much love,
David
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Great writing, Roberta.
Umm..that’s scary about no bees?
I especially like Fuchsias Dancers.
Thank you!
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All wonderful poems, Robbie, but I too felt the loss about no buzzing. 🧡
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Hi Lauren, the lack of bees is mystifying. Perhaps our extreme heat to intense cold killed them. I don’t know. My mom says there are also no ants.
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It’s so sad, Robbie. How things have changed.
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these are all great! I love pomegranates & alas so do the birds who get to them before we can
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Hi da-AL, the birds are greedy little things and they don’t share. Thanks for visiting.
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Robbie, thank you for the lovely poetry and photographs!
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Hi Charles, I am delighted you enjoyed.
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I enjoyed all of these, Robbie. I’d love to have a pomegranate tree, and the fushia as ballerinas was perfect. “Unnatural Silence” was alarming and the repeat was effective. Your haiku was moving – an emotional and stark truth. And the final poem made me smile. Those loeries are have a feast ahead of them. Thanks for all the poetry!
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Hi Diana, I am really enjoying Colleen’s new poetry challenge. It is allowing me to really see the daily/weekly changes around me. Thank you for your lovely comment.
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I’m having the same experience, Robbie. It’s wonderful to connect with nature in this way. And your poems are beautiful! I’ve been keeping up, but, I haven’t posted them in a few weeks. I’ll catch up (I think).
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I hope you do post 🍄💐
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I will… eventually. Lol
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Impressive number of poems, Robbie — and all well done. Hugs.
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Thank you, Teagan. I am writing impressions as they happen.
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Great job, Robbie!
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Thank you, Barbara.
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Beautiful poems
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Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed.
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