borealis
Carpe Diem #1264 Borealis (Northern Lights)
frozen plains
alight in dancing colors
souls of caribou
thundering across meadows
once grazed in winter's long night
© petra domina
neighborhood of colors
Carpe Diem #1263 neighborhood of colors After living for many decades in locations a little too monochrome in their occupants, I am pleased to be living in an apartment complex populated by a wide spectrum of colors and tones. What joy to look up while on a walk to see someone who looks nothing like a 70 year old white woman. To see the young mother in her hijab walking with her children. To hear the rhythm of a different language floating across the pool. To see the sun set profiling the gay couple as they embrace. Yes, I am loving this neighborhood of colors. jewels glisten at sunset © petra domina Thanks to Chèvrefeuille for daily prompts on CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI
Wow ... Janice what a beautiful tanka. You have caught the whole scene and background of the Noirthern Lights in just five lines. Chapeau!
ReplyDeleteI am humbled by your comments, Kristjaan.
Deletedone masterfully,from the heart...
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a kind comment.
Deletesuch a lovely otherworldly tanka. Inspirational!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lolly. High praise from you.
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful!!! Oh that image of the dancing souls... YAM xx
Spent some time doing background reading on the northern lights and southern lights. The Intuits believed the lights to be the spirits of the animals they hunted. I had been thinking of using angels or spirits causing the lights. So the Intuits' belief gave the perfect image in my mind. Then I tried to become the caribou. I like being weird. After all, I live just outside of Austin, TX. Austin's motto is keep Austin weird.
DeleteOh my, Janice, this is stunning! Souls of caribou alight in dancing colors!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kim. Inspired by the Intuit.
DeleteI especially enjoyed your note of explanation to Yamini :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lynn. I do not always do research but at times I will to make certain there is truth as a foundation. And I failed to mention how the music had me thinking about herds thundering across the plains.
DeleteThis is the sort of serious work I love, from the research to the composition. A grandiose tanka, true and sincere both because it is heartfelt as well as being real beliefs set into tanka form. Great piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much. I am very pleased it was so well accepted by those who read it.
DeleteVery well done Janice, love the depth of this.
ReplyDeleteGlad you could enjoy this. You know, sometimes when writing it gives a feeling of contentment with a piece? That was what I felt doing this one.
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