scattered clouds drift by
a beautiful day to be out
a tufted titmouse agrees
sunning turtles splash as I pass
my paddle slices the water
This gogyohka (off-prompt for Day 6 of napowrimo.net) is my response to Colleen Chesebro’s #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 220, #Poet’sChoice.
Gogyohka (pronounced go-gee-yoh-kuh)
~ a form of Japanese poetry pioneered by Enta Kusakabe in the 1950s
~ 5-line poetry ~ like tanka, but with freedom from restraints
~ no fixed syllable requirement
~ no conventions regarding content
~ brief lines in keeping with the tradition of Japanese short verse
~ Day 6 ~
Image: The Moreau River in April, Missouri
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This is a lovely form … and a lovely poem.
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🙂 Thank you, Helen.
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Love the simplicity of this poem
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Thank you. 🙂
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You’re welcome
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Lovely words, photo, and the scene you set in a few lines.
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Thank you, Merril. The only birds i heard while kayaking yesterday were tufted titmouse and cardinal.
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You’re welcome. Those two can put on concerts by themselves!
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Sounds heavenly. (K)
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And it is. 🙂 Thank you.
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Somehow drift sums the feeling for me, just want to drift along languorously.
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I’m with you!
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I’m in good company then 🙂
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So lovely in its uncomplicatedness!
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Thank you. What a lovely compliment! 🙂
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My pleasure. 🙂
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I lived in the moment with your gogyohka, Ken. The birds are some of my favorite creatures! ❤
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Thank you, Colleen. The same here. 🙂
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Our neighborhood is full of blooming trees and birds right now. We’re loving it!
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