WELCOME TO TANKA TUESDAY!
We’re closing in on the end of this year’s #TankaTuesday poetry challenges. There is only one more challenge remaining. Are you ready for a theme prompt? Eugi selected this month’s theme: THE GRAY SCARF.
I have chosen to write a Kouta. This is a poem in 4 lines. (an occasional 5th line may appear) often a standalone poem, but it can be accompanied by other Koutas with the same theme.
Syllabic, variable odd numbered syllable lengths, the most common patterns are written in lines of alternating 7-5-7-5 syllables or 7-7-7-5 syllables.
secular, personal, themes of ordinary life often include onomatopoeia. I have chosen to write about verse Kouta.
Gray Scarf.
T’was synonymous to her
Always the gray scarf
Neither silk like nor too harsh
It was a comfort.
When time scurries by, rush rush
The gray scarf stood still in time
The gentle beat of her heart
Sand through a timer.
It was our comfort and rock
Warming old gray scarf
Protecting us from the world
It’s bitter harshness.
Always, it was, safe harbour
Where is the beloved gray scarf ?
I so long to feel it’s warmth.
Like Mother’s soft hand.
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