From Winter…
Strong, cool rush of wind
Rustles with a breathless hiss
Supple bamboos sway
With fluidity and ease,
Bowing down in acceptance
To Spring…
Though the meadows wilt
And cherries turn to purple
Only time to wait
Nascent blooms will slowly grow
Anew in springtime morning
To Summer…
A seagull flies down,
Gliding towards the seaside
Enjoying the warmth,
Surfers slither on the waves
Under the dazzling sunbeams
Then Fall…
Withered foliage
Fall to the earth in cadence
A moment in time
Sequence of changing colors
From silver, jade, gold to bronze
summer51
Author notes
A contest entry.
2. Prewrite
By: summer51
My first attempt in writing TANKA Poetry. 
Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables (5, 7, 5, 7, 7).
In a list
A contest entry
- Short Poems Of Nature by misticmoonlite.
475 points, ended October 21, 2008, 13 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Check it out by mcw120588.
490 points, ended November 5, 2008, 35 entries
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a well written and colorful depiction of the changing seasons. regarding the style there isn't much i can say i dont know the form. a smooth flowing poem.
good job and thank you -
Enjoyable
when a seasons come and go, we find each just as lovely as the one we leave behind, nice picture and form you chose, thank you for this entry
good luck
Linda
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Hello, MoonsShadow
Thank you, too, for the comment.
summer51
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galing!!!
I love all of them, I can't even pick which season is my fave, you made me like them all.
Mommy galing!
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Hi, Ann
Thanks for the nice comment.
summer51
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This is wonderful good luck in the contest
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Thank you, kismoony.
Good luck to you, too in all the contests you're in.
summer51
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A summer, with the voice of an artist,
you record the words, the tanka form
bowing to you as you employ it superbly!
Loving each description, your choices,
your examples.
Mumsy
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Thanks, Mumsy!
Just "experimenting," again.
I've been reading the types of poetry and trying to do one verse for each... Now, I'm currently doing the ACROSTIC Form...
I will make a collection of those and keep them in my Love Notes Diary....
summer51
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