waves cling to the shore
art in a frozen embrace
intimate, but brief
here until the coming thaw
changing seasons take their toll
This tanka is off-prompt for NaPoWriMo 2017, on Day 11 of National Poetry Writing Month/Global Poetry Writing Month.
Carpe Diem #1189 thaw (yukidoke)
Image: Lake Ontario, Fort Niagara State Park, Youngstown, New York
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I loved the hidden surprises of Lake Erie in the winter — between the mini-snow mountains created by the plows, the melts and re-freezes — it was like a little winter wonderland. 🙂
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The Great Lakes have interesting winter weather. Both Erie and Ontario have lake effect storms at their east ends if the lake hasn’t frozen.
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I have never seen something like this – breathtaking. The poem is gorgeous too.
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Thank you.
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Sometimes the natural world is more astonishing than anything we can create.
I really like these lines: “art in a frozen embrace
intimate, but brief”
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Wow Ken what a beautiful tanka you share here with us. Nicely done, I like the scene you have painted with it. Awesome photo, did you make it?
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Thank you, Kristjaan. Yes. It’s on a stoney, pebble shore. When I lived in that area, I would spend hours sitting and sifting out beach glass – in warmer weather, of course.
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Sounds great
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That’s a gorgeous image, Ken, ‘art in a frozen embrace’!
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Thanks!
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