A Sunflower Tanka 🌻 but of course!
this tanka is good
even inspired, I’m thinking
it’s a lovely day
let’s open the double doors
and walk out to the garden
the fragrance is sweet
there’s a second flush of toms
basil, rosemary, dill
I have my watering can
to hand, I potter around
summer is waning
yet flowers are still thriving
roses are glorious
as I continue to walk
and there they are… sunflowers
🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
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Image credit: Húng Pham @Unsplash
This image shows two hands touching a big sunflower, that is growing in a field of sunflowers.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #329 photo prompt.
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So beautiful Chris. You brought the spring inside the home. Thanks for joining in.
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Glad that you like that, Sadje. Such a lovely photo with all those sunflowers… and my poem was almost completely true (minus the sunflowers though). 😂
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It’s a beautiful scene
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This is so well crafted. A natural flow to it, and felt very authentic. Loved it, Chris.
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Thank you so much, Nigel.
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You’re welcome, Chris.
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Very nicely done, Chris!
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Thanks a lot, Dave!
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the power
of the flower
petal stamen hanging in there
idest
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Idyllic indeed… flower for fun too!
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A beautiful and delightful poem, dear Chris, although it evokes feelings of envy, as we have been deprived of sunshine here for an extended period. 😅🥰💖🌞
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Oops, sorry about the freezing weather in so many places in the north bit. Of course it’s still summer here in the south bit, but I can feel autumn is just around the corner. Keep warm on your side, dear Aladin! 🥶🥰💖🍵
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“summer is waning”–in our case, winter is. It can’t happen soon enough!
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Gosh, I saw the news about the freezing temperatures… blizzards and stuff. That’s bad, and brrr!
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I know we’re in a warming trend of an ice age. I wonder if that’s ending. Sigh.
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Sounds like bliss….
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It is at the moment! Just lovely here…
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Thank you for Summer, as we’re still in the grips of Winter! 🌻🌻
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Some very nasty winter weather on your side. I’ve been watching the TV on the BBC World News, it’s bad on the NE in US. Ugh!
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Very nice tribute to summers’ coming to an end. We’re in the midst of a snowstorm.
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All that dreadful weather about the US and other places. I saw the news yesterday about blizzards. Must watch again shortly – lunchtime soon here.
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We haven’t seen this number of bad snow storms in several years.
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Delightful and beautifully written, Chris. I don’t live where there’s a blizzard, but it’s 27 F here, and I can’t wait until spring. 🌻
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I just looked up the celsius: -2. Now that is v. cold! Brrr… indeed. Okay, spring and autumn are both lovely… soon then.🌻🌻
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🌻🌱
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Yay! Sunflowers!! 🌻 Flourishing everywhere except in my back yard. 😂 A moment of silence for Sunny the Sunflower, please.
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Ah shame, no sunflowers on your place, but you have so many flowers, bushes and all those interesting things – like huge cactuses! 🌺💮🌵
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Lol that is true!! 🌵🌵
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I was a few steps behind you! Delightful, Chris.
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Thanks so much, Keith.
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I love sunflowers. They always look like they’re smiling.
Wonderful words expressing the beauty of change. Sweet 🌻
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It seems that we are smiling together! Thank you for what you have said, Isadora. 😊
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Now-a-days, smiles are priceless. 😍
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A beautiful tanka sequence, Chris 💛🌻
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Just popped into my head. Well, that gorgeous photo about sunflowers and my actual garden at the moment. It had to be a tanka or three it seemed. 😊
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I also love sunflowers
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Oh Chris this is gorgeous! I love these flowers, this is a terrific poem 🌻🌻
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Aww, thank you so much, Carol Anne! 🌻🥰🌻
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What a beautiful floral picture you’ve painted for us!
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So glad that you liked that. Thanks so much, Matthew!
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So evocative; sunflowers. They always captivate me. Both their brightness and also their sadness when facing downward.
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Very true… such interesting flowers.
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