Removed from shelter
storms illuminate nature –
what thunders beneath
the savage exterior
we choose to weather alone.
(c) 2019 by Phillip Knight Scott
It’s #Tanka Tuesday at Colleen‘s! This week it’s synonyms only : “character” and “wild”
For those who may be unfamiliar, a tanka is 5-line poem with syllable count 5/7/5/7/7.
My name is Phillip. I live in North Carolina with my wife of 11 years and 3-year-old son, and at least for the next year, I’m on the right side of 40. I am a Tar Heel born and bred, and watch every Yankees game I can. My first collection of poetry, Paint the Living, Plant the Dead, is available now! https://amzn.to/2uNule7 View more posts
Very good. I enjoyed your Tanka! 😀
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Thanks so much!
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and so we do. continue…
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Joe, this is a really well done, Tanka. I love the weather references. Excellent. 😀
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Thanks 🙂
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This is lovely! The tanka is a new form for me. I’m curious to explore it. Like most I know the haiku and senryu, but excited to read more tanka.
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Great tanka Phillip.
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Love it! So true, we often hide the emotional storms and think we should deal with them on our own.
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Thanks! And absolutely true 🙂
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Keep writing. There can never be too many poems, whatever form. I appreciate your art.
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Thanks! That’s the plan 🙂
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