robin lingers
-feathers tremble in the breeze-
soaks in sun’s rays,
holds tight the winter-dried stalk.
flies home, carpentry needed
© 2015 Linda Baie. All rights reserved.
Margarita Engle has challenged us to write a tanka this month. She suggests we think of it as a five-line travel diary about a subject of our choice. Click HERE for more details.
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"Carpentry needed." Sigh. Your observant eye captured so much in this poem, Linda. The fact that you then allow us to see ourselves in this robin by adding a "human" reference is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tanka!
ReplyDeleteThank you for those sweet words, Michelle and Margarita. I enjoyed translating what I observed into a "little ditty-oops-I mean tanka".
ReplyDeleteA lovely poem by Linda Baie that she mentioned in her blog today. I too like the thought that carpentry is needed. I also like the thought that robin lingers but the visual that follows is showing a contrast.
ReplyDeleteNicely done. It paints a lovely picture.
ReplyDeleteLovely. Love the contrast in this tanka. Brava.
ReplyDeleteFinally got to look you up! Lovely! Look forward to more.
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