One Single Impression has the prompt of color. In consideration of this spring almost tanka:
dad’s brown garden
still, the only green is
the plastic tomato stakes –
dad, my world’s row marker
sleeps days indoors.
btw, it’s Billy the Blogging poet’s Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere election time. would you vote for rob mclennan? (listed as Rob McLennan, halfway down). Who does more for engaging and connecting the communities of poets thru his blog, and even posts occasional poems of his own…
Colors of Life
This is an exquisite poem. Just exquisite.
forgot to leave my name up above. Raven from Raven’s Nest: http://ravensviews.blogspot.com/2008/04/one-single-impression-color.html
Thanks Raven.
Good poem. I know lots of gardeners like this!
One Single Impression: Colors
My father was a gardener who now spends much of his time indoors. I can feel this one!
Sandy Carlson
Writing in Faith: Poems
Re: One Single Impression: Colors
Thanks Sandy.
comment from watermaid
‘Dad, my world’s row marker’ sounds wistful’. Yours is the only haiku or tanka I’ve read where colour is absent.
Carole (watermaid)
Re: comment from watermaid
um, brown, green?
Re: comment from watermaid
What I was trying to say was that most people have gone for vivid colour. Of course there are, as you say, two colours, but the display of colour everyone else has majored on, has yet to happen. It was the ‘still the only green’ that I was going on. This was meant as a compliment not a criticism – it’s good to have a different angle – subdued colour. Hope that makes sense.
Re: comment from watermaid
ah, I see. yes, I get you now. Thanks for clarifying, Carole.
tanka
This one speaks volumes in just a few lines. A whole story therein. Marvelous. Quietpaths.com
color
..ur poem,along with the comments above are good reading.thanks for this and the visit.