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Imposing Clouds [Tanka]

Posted on May 9, 2023 by B Gourley
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imposing clouds
 seem to hover over
  the palace,
 but then one sees the drift,
 and they are drifting nearer.

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Posted in nature, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged Cloud, nature, poem, poetry, Rain, Rain Clouds, Spring, tanka | Leave a reply

Living Backwards [Tanka]

Posted on May 8, 2023 by B Gourley
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young red leaf,
 on a sapling in Spring,
  slowly grows green.
 doesn't it know it should start green,
  and turn red in the Fall?

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Posted in Color, nature, plants, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged green, leaf, nature, poem, poetry, red, Spring, tanka, tree | Leave a reply

Missing Kittens [Tanka]

Posted on May 4, 2023 by B Gourley
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a momma cat
  mews many times to its 
   missing kittens.
 with each unanswered call,
 momma grows more insistent.

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Posted in Animals, Pets, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged animals, cat, cats, Kittens, meow, mew, poem, poetry, Sound, tanka | Leave a reply

Crow Sound [Tanka]

Posted on May 3, 2023 by B Gourley
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the sharp caw
 of a crow triggers a monk's
  enlightenment.
 a second crow responds.
 a sailor doesn't look up.

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Posted in Animals, Buddhism, mind, nature, poem, Poetry, tanka, wildlife, Zen | Tagged Buddhism, Caw, Crow, enlightenment, mind, poem, poetry, Satori, Sound, tanka, wildlife, Zen, Zen Buddhism | Leave a reply

Garden Lizard [Tanka]

Posted on April 22, 2023 by B Gourley
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a garden lizard
 can't resolve whether to
  scurry, or to 
 be master of all 
 that it surveys?

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Posted in Animals, nature, outdoors, poem, Poetry, tanka, wildlife | Tagged animals, Garden Lizard, lizard, nature, Oriental Garden Lizard, poem, poetry, reptile, tanka, wildlife | 2 Replies

Advancing Forest [Tanka]

Posted on April 11, 2023 by B Gourley
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the forest stays low,
 creeping up the valley: like 
  advancing forces,
 but that hill isn't taken --
  season after season.

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Posted in nature, outdoors, poem, Poetry, tanka, Wilderness | Tagged Forest, Hill, hills, Mountains, nature, poem, poetry, tanka, Woods | Leave a reply

Unimpressed [Tanka]

Posted on March 22, 2023 by B Gourley
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a stately building
 stands beside the river,
  commanding the eye.
 but that ancient river
  remains unimpressed.  

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Posted in architecture, City, nature, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged architecture, Budapest, building, Danube, Danube River, Hungarian Parliament, nature, poem, poetry, river, tanka | Leave a reply

Seed Spitting Deity [Tanka]

Posted on March 16, 2023 by B Gourley
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morning offering
 with a melon wedge;
  a bas-relief face
 seems to have bitten a chunk,
  and is prepared to spit seeds.

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Posted in Hindu, Indonesia, Kyōka, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged Bali, Balinese Hindu, Balinese Hindu Temple, Hindu Temple, Kyōka, melon, Offering, poem, poetry, tanka, Temple, watermelon | 1 Reply

Beyond Sight [Kyōka]

Posted on March 13, 2023 by B Gourley
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in the mountains,
 beyond every sightline,
  a potential top...
 but - more likely -
  just more to climb.

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Posted in Hiking, Kyōka, nature, outdoors, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged Hiking, Kyōka, Mountains, nature, poem, poetry, tanka, Trekking | 3 Replies

Skyward [Tanka]

Posted on March 5, 2023 by B Gourley
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i look skyward,
 and others stop to look.
  those who wonder
 why I'm looking up,
   might wonder why they weren't.

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Posted in outdoors, poem, Poetry, tanka | Tagged outdoors, poem, poetry, Sky, tanka, wonder | 1 Reply

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