As we make our way
through thorny thickets, may we
remember to take
refuge in small clearings and
to celebrate sweet pickings.
JDG
Category Archives: tanka
Natural Selection
My mood needs to dance
with a different partner. I
pick that small, yellow
butterfly and ask it to
teach me what fleeting things know.
JDG
Movers and Shakers
Caught in the draft of
cars speeding past, tall grass shakes
as its roots hold firm.
I ponder what speeding cars
and rooted grass have to teach.
JDG
Rain Check
They must have heard it’s
about to rain cats and dogs,
because my two cats
and my two dogs have been on
their very best behavior.
JDG
Who’s Dancing?
Is that Butterweed
dancing along roads, across
fields in morning mist,
telegraphing Fall’s approach,
lending color to fog’s gray?
JDG
Focal Point
The number of times
I’ve gotten in my own way?
I’ve lost count. Better
to focus not on counting
but on recalibrating.
JDG
Front Runner
That small tree must be
type A. It sure got the jump
on all the other
trees and coaxed its green leaves to
begin turning red today.
JDG
Moments To Remember
Every now and then,
actually more then than now,
we surprise ourselves
and spontaneously act
in a mindful manner.
JDG
Vacation’s Gift
Days unfold without
hurry or worry and in
their slow openings,
I see synchronicities
I might otherwise have missed.
JDG
A Welcome Burst Of Light
Evening sun pours forth
redemptive light after days
of rain and regret.
It’s amazing what a burst
of belated light can do.
JDG
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