Photography – Sarah Potter Writes

#Tanka 55 — Tangled Ivy

An ivy-choked tree
symbolic of these strange times.
Sink into the earth
or focus on the blue sky.
Go!Tunnel through the tangle.

Snail in lockdown
surveys its altered kingdom
~less consumables~
Where have those posh flowers gone?
Are the gardeners on strike?

Breathe deep. Look skyward.
Nature reclaims the airways.
Forget-me-not blue.

Vapour cLouds up high...
we scribble the world's future
with metal crayons.

Snail shells, ornate,
laid bare in February,
their seals intact.
Succulent shoots break cover;
gastropod heaven ascends.

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