Tanka – Page 8 – Sarah Potter Writes

Tanka #20

Poppy diffusion,
symbolic of war and peace.
Battlefield red
through to elegant maroon,
not a white petal in sight.

Tanka #18

Norman church tower
encompassed by scaffolding.
~stairway to heaven~
Twelfth-century ghosts whisper,
“What’s all this health and safety?”

Tanka #17

Reflected in glass,
the hooded photographer.
~ another kingdom ~
Vegetation, blooms, phantoms:
Spring’s sun-captured window art.

Tanka #16

~ marbled moonlit scape ~
Lupine snout pointed skyward,
words lost to howling
beneath slow-parting cloudlets,
the man transforms to werewolf.

Tanka #15

Organic produce
purchased from supermarket.
— Free caterpillars —
Extra protein for dinner,
prevents plague of Cabbage Whites.