Tag Archives: daffodils

Daffodils Open – Tan Renga

Posted on April 12, 2014 by becca givens

 Written for the Carpe Diem Challenge #30:    write a Tan Renga. Tan Renga is a two stanza poem with 5-7-5 and 7-7 syllables (5-7-5-7-7).  Unlike a Tanka written by one poet, Tan Renga is written by two.  Poet One writes … Continue reading →

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Nature Scores

Posted on March 1, 2013 by becca givens

______________________________________________ © rgb for “On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea”, 2011 – 2013 Prompt: Risshun (coming of Spring)

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Mellow Yellow Monday – 12

Posted on March 5, 2012 by becca givens

Norcross, GA – USA Nodding bonnets sigh Really? ~ Time to wake up ~ Now? Early springtime joke ______________________________________________ Several nature related observations were made while I was in Georgia mid-February.  Among which … the area experiencing an unusually mild … Continue reading →

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Illusion of Warmth

Posted on February 19, 2012 by becca givens

Daffodil bonnets Signal approaching spring days Illusion of warmth ______________________________________________ This uses kigo … words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry. Image Credit © by rgb for “On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea”, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Saffron Bonnets

Posted on March 30, 2011 by becca givens

    Daffodils Saffron bonnets Spring’s manifested beacon Mother Nature’s graceful pirouette Hope   “Spring is a natural resurrection, an experience in immortality.” ~~ Henry David Thoreau ~~ ______________________________________________ Image © by rgb for “On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea”, … Continue reading →

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