harsh words melt-ravens scatter on the snow,lantern light splinters hands cup fractured light-flame blooms-falcon shadows flee ptarmigan’s white-light of many lanternsgathers kindness On Tanka Tuesday this week, Selma has asked that we write haiku that reflects the style of the great Haiku master, Matsuo Bashō. Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644 in Japan’s Iga Province, […]| Thru Violet's Lentz
winter awakensshakes off her summer slumbersighs first frozen breath autumn bids adieuas winter’s first crystallinebreath is exhaled This is my response to the photo offered this week on SenHai Saturday. We had our first snow of the season yesterday, so it was my intention to recreate that experience for you here.| Thru Violet's Lentz
so narrow my gaze,any harm I inflictedfell conveniently,outside my field of visionwrongs I once endured,I caused to be repeatedby treading in the footsteps,of those who would do me harm-I became what I abhorred. This is my offering for this week’s Tanka Tuesday where we were asked to focus on how impactful one day can be. […]| Thru Violet's Lentz