Winter’s Dark Blanket Awaits
On a fir tree dressed in snow
with a green-white brocade,
pine cones cast shadows in moonlight.
As the old year is put to sleep,
dreaming forevermore in silent night beauty,
its light germinates a New Year.
To create this poem, I’ve woven together my haiku response to Frank Tassone’s Christmas challenge with the tanka response by Lisa at Tao Talk to Frank’s New Year challenge.
Image source: unsplash.com / Aaron Burden
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rivrvlogr 
The weave turned out so well, Ken. Great idea and poem.
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Thank you for the inspiration. 🙂
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🙂
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Reblogged this on Tao Talk and commented:
Check this out. Ken at rivrvlogr wove his poem and mine together into a lovely tribute to the season.
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Lovely collaboration! Happy New Year to both of you!
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Thank you, Merril!
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lovely! happy new year to you two!
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🙂 Thank you, Gina.
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This is a really well done collaboration! ❤
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Merci!
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