blessing a lonely smoke stack.
Coulee wildflowers
preach yellow sonnets
while moon graces morning clouds.
© 2015 Margaret Simon. All rights reserved.
Watch the video of images that inspired this poem at Reflections on the Teche.
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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Thanks for posting my tanka today. Here's the link to my blog post with a video of the images I wrote from.
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased and honored to feature your beautiful poem today. It sings to me like a hymn. Such inspiring photographs on your blog too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Margaret!
ReplyDeleteLove how Margaret also wove the March word of the day: preach into this.
ReplyDeleteGreat imagery, Margaret! It sings to me :) Love the line "preach yellow sonnets"
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tanka!
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