#TANKATUESDAY. This week it is Ekphrastic Tuesday.
Merril D. Smith selected the image this week. It’s a lithograph and you can read more about it HERE. Remember, we can see what’s in the image, so write your poem using the image as an inspiration. Don’t just describe what you see in the lithograph. Think about metaphor and allegory. Just remember to check what form you’re using. Some of the Japanese forms frown upon the use of metaphors. This challenge explores Ekphrastic writing, inspired by visual art.
I chose to do a Tanka this week, I really love this image, it’s very relivant to the world today .
death is so tired exhausted by the burden. no one here listens he turns life’s timers around drowning us all out of hand.
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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It is so relevant to the world today. That was my first thought when I saw the image. Death must be exhausted. 🥲
Thank you Merril I truly think he is 💜💜
You’re welcome!
Thank you 💜
Beautifully done, Sis xx
Thank you Sis 💜
Great take on this, Willow. “exhausted by the burden” is very timely.
I thought so too, our poor planet is dying 💜
Very timely words. Great take on the prompt, Willow 🙂
Thank you it feels like that doesn’t it 💜
Willow, you picked up some relevant emotions for today’s world from the lithograph. Your tanka is excellent! ❤
Thank you Colleen, I did try hard to.💜
It’s excellent! Bravo 👏🏻🧡
Thank you 💜
I always feel sorry for death , he gets a very bad press💜
LOL! Yes death is rebirth, but I know some don’t feel that. 🧡
Yes indeed, he’s never a welcome guest.💜
Thank you 💜