Frank Hubeny brings the Meeting the Bar prompt at dVerse this week with the Tanaga form. He says: “The tanaga form is part of an oral tradition going back to the early 16th century. It comes in stanzas of four lines with seven syllables per line. It often rhymes, even rhyming each line of a stanza on the same rhyme sound, but it can have variable rhyme patterns. It can also have more than one stanza.” As I missed earlier prompts this week at dVerse that had to do with spring, my tanaga will be on that topic.
Now the crocus jewels the lawn
Showing us that winter’s gone.
Colors bursting, buds unfold
Now the tales of spring are told.
Peepers’ songs in evening air
Draw the poets from their lairs.
Shed the cloaks of winter’s night
Warm your soul in vernal light.
Very nice sound! I love the tales of spring being told. This looks to me like a perfect tanaga.
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Thank you. I have enjoyed learning different forms. Structure usually makes for a better poem I think. So I thank you for the prompt.
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Oh I really love the hope of a great spring in here… we always wait and wait a bit longer.
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Thank you. Yes, we have the signs here, then snow. A sign, then cold. But it is here, it is winning out through longer days and gradual greening.
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I love the sound of peepers as soon as the weather stars to warm. Great tanage of spring!
dwight
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Harmonic spring songs
Orchestra of starlight sounds
Peepers twinkling bright.
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Very nice!
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I love the sound of peepers.
Thanks for coming by. Happy spring!
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Ah, it feels like Spring is busting out all over. That sure i refreshing. The crocuses and peepers. I’ll have to find a garden gnome and pink flamingo to liven up the yard now.
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If you plant them, spring will come.
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Ha ha, they will be out in force
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I like how peepers’ song draws poets out in spring…I only wish you added even more stanzas 😀
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Oh boy, sounds like a challenge…
Thank you. I felt lucky to get this much out last night, was worried the linkythingy would close.
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Lovely, D! Those crocuses always amaze me, popping under inches of snow. So ready and hopeful, as we are called to be.
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Thanks. Yes, those are powerful little bloomers.
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Spring forth! 🙂
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yeah… it snowed today got a couple inches.
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I enjoyed the rhymes and descriptions as well. Yay for spring!
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Thanks. I think it’s here, it was day before yesterday and maybe tomorrow.
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