CD : Ghost 16 : the marrow of it

Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), who seems to be as well-known for his tanka as for his haiku.

CD ghost-writer-16

by: Jen of Blog It or Lose It on ''Tanka by Shiki''

I do not know the day

my pain will end yet

in the little garden

I had them plant

seeds of autumn flowers

                                      © Masaoka Shiki

remembering

Queen Anne’s Lace and chicory

in their swirling dance –

how the autumn-brown stalks

make me dream of summer

                                                                                                        © Jen R.

along the streets

heat shimmers around Queen Ann's Lace in bloom -

                                                             fresh fallen snow

© Chèvrefeuille

~~~~~~~~~~~

the marrow of it

when I was younger

I grew too fast, with leg pains;

bones ignored my tears

my room had corner windows

I drank cherry blossom scents

longing for autumn

as summer then, was a blurr

bones heard nature’s call

settling like seasonal

trees; I too became taller

sensing the changes

of time as the brown leaves fell -

bones aged, as I did

they with resistance bend; not

wanting to deal with extremes

now I am older

I bend, on spring walks picking the

bones of bloomed flowers

©JP/davh