This week on Colleen Chesebro’s Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge it is Poet’s Choice I have created a Tanka Prose…
Tanka Prose – Hunter’s Moon
The change in season has mind and body confused. One craves the sunlight slipping away. The other desires warming stews and comforting puddings. The birds forage in daylight storing fat for the long journey to the southlands. We must remain to make the most of the encroaching darkness.
Moon of many names
urges the birds to migrate
following the path
genetically embedded
southward to long sunlit days.
© Sally Cronin 2021
There is still time to participate in this week’s challenge: Tanka Tuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge: #Poet’s choice
My latest book is a collection of poetry and was published in July 2021 and here is a recent review.
One of the recent reviews for the collection
You can find all my books and buy links: Sally’s Books and Reviews 2021
Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have enjoyed the poem.. thanks Sally.
Incredible Tanka! Your poem is perfect, Sally. I love it! 💗
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Thank you very much Gwen..♥♥
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You give beautiful wings to wonderful words!
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Thank you very much Annette..♥
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This is a great poem, Sally! I always love poems about the moon. 🙂
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Thanks very much Yvette.. it has such an impact on our lives in one way or another…hugsx
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Beautiful Sal. The birds got it right, fly south! ❤
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Thanks Debby and definitely…hugs ♥
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🙂 🙂 ❤
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Excellent tanka prose, Sally. I like that you talked about how the change in the seasons is affected by the moon. The birds in Michigan are trying to figure out what to do. We’re unseasonably warm and the birds haven’t started their migration yet. ❤
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Thanks Colleen and I hope they get their act together soon so they don’t get caught up in bad weather on the way down..♥♥
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I agree. It’s been crazy weather everywhere in the U.S. this year. ❤
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Lovely Tanka Sally. Moon has been a symbol of love but this one sounds like a guide! Good to hear that.
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Thanks very much Balroop..♥♥
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A terrific Tanka (I wanted to use those two words together), Sally.
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And they sound great thanks John…hugsxx
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Reblogged this on OPENED HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Thanks for sharing the poem Michael..hugsxx
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Perfect iconic, Sally! Thanks for sharing! xx Michael
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Thanks Michael..hugsx
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:-)) xx
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A beautiful response to the Hunter Moon prompt, Sally. Since we aren’t birds… time to hunker down. ❤
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Quite.. the long johns are already out ♥♥
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Exquisite, Sally – a perfect demonstration of less is more. Toni x
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Thanks very much Toni glad you enjoyed ♥
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This really fits the changing season mood, Sally. Loved it. Xo
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Thank you Denise…have a good week.. hugsx
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Lovely poem, Sally! 💕🙂
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Thank you Harmony..hugsx♥
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Beautiful, Sally. The migration is always driven by the need for those long sunny days.
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Thanks very much Jan…hugsx
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Indeed, this is the season of changes. Really make us confuse. Beautiful poem!
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Thanks very much Elizabeth… xx
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Beautiful, Sally. ❤
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Thanks very much Adele…hugsxx
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