h#TankaTuesday #Poetry
WELCOME TO #TANKATUESDAY!
This week’s form:
Tanka Prose.
I sit and watch her as she sleeps. She’s so tired these days age has taken it’s toll. I really am so grateful to her though the loyalty and love she shows me is far beyond wealth. She would follow me to the ends of the earth and truly so would I her.
Oh! She’s stirring now, bless her first action is to look for me.
love is her nature
devotion is her default
she’s my staff and stay
full of dreams of youth and play
she lightens my load always.
willowdot21 
Apr 12, 2022 @ 13:12:14
❤️
Apr 12, 2022 @ 13:45:08
💜💜
Apr 12, 2022 @ 23:19:31
How are you doing today
Apr 12, 2022 @ 13:35:26
The best I could wish for her would be that she drifts away in her sleep, dreaming of you xxx
Apr 12, 2022 @ 13:44:25
Oh! Thank you Jane that’s such a lovely thought but I hope not yet. We have just come in from a short walk. ….it was short even so she got her neck caught in some brambles . So patient she just stood there while I released her. Thank goodness for a thick coat 💜💜💜
Apr 12, 2022 @ 16:02:41
I hope not just yet either 🙂
Hard to imagine Finbar standing still to be untangled. He used to just thresh about until something gave way. Twit.
Apr 12, 2022 @ 14:36:54
Lol well Ruby is a very calm dog 💜☺️
Apr 12, 2022 @ 14:38:12
And very sensible 🙂
Apr 12, 2022 @ 14:38:51
Lol she is that must be her training.
Apr 12, 2022 @ 14:44:49
🙂
Apr 12, 2022 @ 14:37:13
A blooming princess!
Apr 12, 2022 @ 23:19:46
How are you doing today
Apr 12, 2022 @ 14:01:02
So, so lovely, Sis 💚
Apr 12, 2022 @ 14:36:08
💜💜💜
Apr 12, 2022 @ 15:31:28
So sweet, Willow! A dog’s affection is priceless. 🙂
Apr 12, 2022 @ 16:53:33
Yes indeed and without expectations 💜
Apr 12, 2022 @ 16:39:43
Hi Willow, this is very poignant.
Apr 12, 2022 @ 16:47:10
We love our Ruby girl 💜❤️
Apr 12, 2022 @ 17:47:11
Beautiful, dogs are so loyal. I wouldn’t be without my German Shephard, Rottweiler mix. He is not my first dog. My first was a mongrel, whose dad happened to be a white German Shephard.
Apr 12, 2022 @ 18:01:32
Thank you our dogs are just so wonderful aren’t they , they give us unconditional love 💜
Apr 12, 2022 @ 18:20:30
See, this is beautiful! The only think you should remember is that Japanese poetry doesn’t rhyme. But sometimes that happens, I know. ❤
Apr 12, 2022 @ 16:49:51
Thank you Colleen I really didn’t mean to rhyme ….honest 💜
Apr 12, 2022 @ 18:00:02
I know. I caught myself the other day doing the same thing. Sometimes, we rhyme. In our challenges, I let it go because I know you are all writing from your hearts. In poetry contests or submissions to journals, I don’t rhyme. LOL! ❤
Apr 12, 2022 @ 18:03:00
We all do try ….it must be very trying for you 💜
Apr 12, 2022 @ 18:13:39
Oh no. I like the rules in the Japanese forms. I feel like we’re writing ancient scrolls like the Japanese did long ago. ❤
Apr 12, 2022 @ 18:26:46
Yes I agree it does feel special 💜💜
Apr 12, 2022 @ 20:19:25
So sweet! Delightful to read– and to see the adorable pup picture, too 🙂
Apr 12, 2022 @ 23:00:58
❤❤ Aww. What a beautiful dog.
Apr 13, 2022 @ 06:08:44
She certainly is thank you 💜🥰
Apr 13, 2022 @ 05:51:42
Beautiful, Willow. I love the picture:) I have a senior dog who can’t chase bears anymore but never lets me out of her sight!
Apr 13, 2022 @ 06:13:34
They are the best companions aren’t they. I am glad she’s not chasing bears, your dog that is, it sounds dangerous 💜
Apr 13, 2022 @ 09:43:20
This is so beautiful, Willow. I grew up with dogs and have never known a more devoted creature 💕🙂
Apr 13, 2022 @ 12:45:26
They are always the best Harmony 💕
Apr 14, 2022 @ 19:42:33
What a love. Aren’t dogs wonderful? They love us no matter what. Beautiful poem, Willow.
Apr 14, 2022 @ 20:16:44
Dogs are the very best friends loyal no matter what 💜💜
Apr 14, 2022 @ 23:47:05
My cats would disagree, but Kalev has proved herself time and time again, just as your precious one has. They live to serve.
Apr 15, 2022 @ 17:38:30
Yes cats can be loyal too but on their terms only. I love cats too, so does Ruby ….I have to keep telling her she can’t trust them 💜💜
Apr 16, 2022 @ 08:54:34
Kalev will cuddle, but she does not trust them. They are bigger, have sharp claws and don’t take no for an answer. She only has her little growl to protect her – and me, of course.
Apr 16, 2022 @ 09:14:16
Bless she sounds lovely 🤗
Apr 16, 2022 @ 09:19:40
She’s my baby. Right now Nutter Butter is helping me blog with his paws criscrossed on the keyboard and his head resting on my left wrist. Puppy just left and went back to bed. 🙂
Apr 16, 2022 @ 09:22:22
These fury babies love to be incharge don’t they 💜
Apr 17, 2022 @ 13:48:11
Very touching and poignantly beautiful!
And you are lucky to share this bond!
Apr 17, 2022 @ 13:52:24
Thanks for reading she is a wonderful dog 💜💜💜
Apr 18, 2022 @ 14:48:55
Ahh.. Willow that is lovely ♥♥
Apr 18, 2022 @ 15:00:27
Thats our beautiful old girl 💜💜
Apr 18, 2022 @ 16:43:32
♥
Apr 18, 2022 @ 19:05:04
This is incredibly sweet, Willow. Thanks for sharing your love.
-David
Apr 19, 2022 @ 04:51:41
Thank you David we really love our beautiful old girl 💜😘
Apr 18, 2022 @ 22:06:28
wow great
Apr 19, 2022 @ 04:51:55
Thank you
Apr 23, 2022 @ 04:02:02
Beautiful crafted and expressed.
Apr 23, 2022 @ 07:38:39
Thank you Jeff she is a lesson to us all💜