colorful blossom
returning light with beauty
lotus in the sun
clouds drifting across the sky
unable to steal its light
This tanka is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #93: lotus.
Also, with light & beauty as this author’s choice of keywords, this is a response to
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 134.
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Beautiful and true tanka poem Ken. The image is wonderful too.
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Thank you, Miriam. 🙂
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Pretty amazing to fit both challenges in at the same time. What lovely images your Tanka invokes. ❤
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Thank you. 😀
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It draws you in. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe. That photo has always been one of my favorites. It’s currently my desktop wallpaper, and sometimes I just can’t take my eyes off of it.
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Exactly the feeling.
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Great concept Ken… returning light with beauty.
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🙂 Thanks, Dwight.
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #3: Ken’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thanks for sharing, Frank.
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What a beautiful tanka Ken!
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Thank you, Linda! 😀
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Very lovely! ❤
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Thanks!
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Beautiful, Ken. I keep reading it over again–and that photo is stunning.
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Thank you, Merril. Starting with the haiku, when I decided to use the photo, I realized there was more to write.
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It’s wise to listen when the muse talks to you. 🙂
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🙂
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Loved what you did here!
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Thanks!
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