Transient glory,
this Camellia moment:
better here than not.
Remember that day she wore
her red-flowered poplin dress.
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For those of you who are unfamiliar with this poetic form, you might like to read my earlier post at https://sarahpotterwrites.com/2012/12/07/tanka-3-a-brief-guide-to-the-31-syllable-poetic-form/ and then perhaps have a go at composing a tanka of your own. Please do feel free to post links to your poems in “comments” to this post.
Divorce papers served
on disgraced Linux PC
~ anti-Valentine ~
Good riddance to bad rubbish;
new beast moving in Sunday.
PS I did love you once, until you trashed my work and sat there on my desk staring back at me out of a vacant monitor.
bottlenose dolphins
communing underwater
~~~sonic disturbance~~~
oceanic symphony
interrupted by drilling
One lonesome magpie
taunting the superstitious
with promised sorrow.
Those who trust old wives’ tales
see our world in black and white.
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Many cultures consider the magpie an omen of bad luck. For those of you unfamiliar with the English traditional nursery rhyme about certain numbers of magpies meaning good or bad luck, you might like to read some full versions of the rhyme here.
Sunday, mid-morning,
joggers in green cathedral
worshipping fitness:
vertical trunks, branches spread,
squirrels’ tree gymnasium.
Sarah Potter Writes 