Yvette’s Tanka Tuesday challenge is to write a syllabic poem about a silver lining. You can join in here: https://tankatuesday.com/2024/11/26/tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-silver-linings-11-26-2024-syllabicpoetry. I am sharing two poems today. One is an older poem that is rhyming verse and the other is a new poem that is a tanka.
The Silver Lining
Clad in dirty shoes and shorts
his face streaked with dirt,
he swoops past like a bird in flight
thrilled with disaster to flirt.
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Like nothing you’ve ever seen before
the skateboard on which he rides,
a platform piled high with recyclables
no one his wild recklessness chides.
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A pair of dark eyes, wild and bright
glow beneath his unkempt crop,
he takes a sharp corner rather wide
there is no-one to make him stop.
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We find our pleasures in different ways
it’s human nature to laugh and enjoy,
he’s found a way to make the most of life
treating his load like a favourite toy.
Positives (tanka)
Finding positives
Of silver or otherwise
Essential to health
Holding on to pain and grief
Eats holes in our minds and souls
My latest watercolour painting of a lighthouse seemed to go well with this topic:
roberta-writes.com 