Today, we finally got our internet connection! We might still be surrounded by a mountain of boxes, but we’re in and slowly finding places for everything. Nothing is going to be as easy as in town or as comfortable, but the compensations are the peace and quiet, and the impression of fitting into a bit of the landscape causing as little disruption as possible.
Colleen Chesebro seems to have chosen the prompt words for her weekly tanka challenge just to suit me.
This place, a spirit,
warp of dark, furtive movement,
weft of bright colours.
I taste joy in swift birdflight,
smell damp earth beneath fox pads.
Jane Dougherty Writes 
Time to ruminate I’m sure it will inspire you.
It does, all the time. I might be less enthusiastic when the weather turns cold though…
poignant…”smell damp earth” seems particularly striking.
on another note, I remember a poem challenge sometime back in which the form had two four line stanzas, with the fourth and fifth line the same line. Been searching about with no luck.
Thank you 🙂 A poem that takes the last line of the first stanza and repeats it as the first line of the second stanza, is that right? I don’t remember that one, but I’ll have a look.
yeah, a repetition. i’ve done a number of google searches and haven’t found it, but that doesn’t mean it out there somewhere. (I remember the poem I wrote it, it used the red ballon, but I’ve lost access to my old site)
Can you remember the first line?
it was my poem…and i don’t remember that
Maybe if even a line comes back to you Google will find it.
yeah…or maybe i could just invent my own form using this rule. 😉
Why not? It’s a game anyone can play 🙂
I found my poem in the book i self-published. I post it next and ask people if they know. Looks like it has the same syllable count for each line (get to choose how many? mine has six syllables) and the 4th line is repeated on the 5th line.
Write a new one and let’s see how it works out.
Absolutely magical!! I can feel those words and see through your eyes. I’m so happy you are getting settled back in nature. I miss that so much myself. Hugs to you and your family. ❤
Thanks Colleen 🙂 It is magical for the moment. The sun’s still shining. Must get some heating in though—the good weather won’t last all winter!
Great poem, Jane.
Thank you, Robbie!
Excellent poem. Makes me want to get outside and drink in some peace and quiet. 🙂
Thanks Russell. We’ve given up an enviable home to be here. But you can’t have both the city and the countryside. You have to choose. In the abstract, I know this is the right choice. We just have to see how we manage with the very minimum of basics.
I was thinking about you yesterday and wondering how the move was going. Congratulations on getting Internet access. 😉 The poem is lovely. I like the warp and weft of color and movement.
Thank you! All (or most) is going well. I love the solitude, but having internet is a comfort 🙂
🙂
I (of course) like the warp and weft too. Now that the frenzy of moving is over, you can take your time settling in (but heat is a must!). (K)
And I have to get into the lost habit of driving otherwise I’m totally dependent on husband for the least little loaf of bread!