broken by the storm
the aster’s fragrance
out of damp earth
© Jane Reichhold
robin searching the garden
as tasty meal surfaces
Carpe Diem’s Tan Renga Challenge September 2018
Chained Together III (15) broken by the storm
(Add to the provided hokku by Jane Reichhold
to create a tanka)
Also linked to Open Link Night at dVerse
Image source: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Great Tit and Japanese Robin, by Kitagawa Utamaro
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out of damp earth is very good, I think Ken. Don’t think I’ve been here before and will now be back again!
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Thank you!
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the fragrance and damp earth plays with the senses and made your poem very palpable…nice
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Thank you.
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The robins are definitely searching the garden here! (K)
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And that’s a good thing!
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It is!
But why are the blue jays flocking and squawking? They won’t stay still or shut up.
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lol
True to form!
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I like the thought of the meal surfacing.
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It must be nice when the food comes to you. 😉
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The soil carry such richness for a robin…
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They sure keep busy at it.
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Crows run off the robins at my place, yet they do not pick at the soil for sustenance. Interesting prompt; collaboration is hard for me.
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Sometimes, I think of it as a brain teaser.
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Never been a fan of tan renga but I like your addition muchly. I love the fragrance of the earth, especially wnen digging around herbs. Our robins are long gone but there are other birds that peck about at the tilled soil.
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This does seem to be more of a spring tanka.
When I do these, I treat them as an exercise. I try to find different ways to read the haiku, instead of immediately ripping off a response, so I can maintain a flow.
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And thank you!
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Must admit I had to research tan renga. New to me. I liked your response to the challenge!
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Thank you. It can be a fun and challenging exercise.
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Nice collaboration, appealing to many senses….
This is a new form to me. Sounds like fun.
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Thank you. I enjoy the challenge.
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I love how the robin reads the signs and are in action & the meal comes up. Good karma and good rewards.
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Thank you.
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Liking this part: aster’s fragrance
out of damp earth
Have a good weekend.
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The essence of life.
And the same to you.
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Fabulous scenery! (@–>–)
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As spring should be, right?!
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Absolutely. (@–>–)
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I agree with Mish that this one does appeal to many senses.
It makes me think of how parts of nature work together–the rain, the worms surfacing just as the robins appear. . .
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Thank you, Merril. Those magic moments.
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Life’s web circles forward, then back again. I wonder, do robin’s have taste buds or merely hunger? Dunno. Nice work
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Thank you.
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So few words….such vivid imagery! 🙂
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This is beautiful
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Thanks!
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