Thoughts Take Wing
From dragonflies to swallows; from great blue heron to bald eagle; this winding river offers sights that take my mind on flights of fancy. Although my passage is never as graceful as theirs, I glide across the water with a paddle as my wings and take in the beauty that surrounds me. Past limestone bluffs with distinctive faces that talk of the mystery of time, beside shoals that hold stone tools from the past, to the passage of time itself as I pass beneath lush, overhanging branches in midsummer that become graceful lines in winter. With nature as my companion, my thoughts take wing.
damselfly in flight
bass jumps out of the water
lands with a big splash
waves roll out in a circle
create ripples in my mind
This is my response to Colleen’s #TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge
No. 268, Specific Form: Tanka Prose.
In a roundabout way, this might be considered on prompt for Day 13 at napowrimo.net, where we are asked to write a poem that shows how good fortune is possible, even when it seems impossibly distant.
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And those ripples created poetry! How beautiful, Ken. ❤
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I particuarly like how this tanka ends with the last line.
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Thank you. Flights of fancy! 😉
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You’re welcome!
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I am completely relaxed now, Ken. That was beautiful! 🙂
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🙂 Sigh.
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I love all of your kayakatankas, Ken. Well told. Thanks.
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Many thanks.
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Every bit of this shines – I especially like Nature as companion.
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Love this…nature does set the mind a-ripple.
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🙂 ❤ Thank you.
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So beautiful, Ken. So many lines here I love 💕🙂
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Thank you. 😀
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You have reminded me of my last kayak trip and that I long to do another!
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I’m with you there!
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Beautiful ❤️
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Thank you.
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
❤
David
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