27 comments for “Grasshopper – A Tanka

  1. September 6, 2020 at 7:48 pm

    I love it!

    • Christine Bolton
      September 6, 2020 at 8:45 pm

      Thank you! 🥰

      • September 6, 2020 at 10:28 pm

        You’re welcome! 😉

  2. September 5, 2020 at 8:48 am

    Nice one! 😊

  3. September 2, 2020 at 5:27 am

    this is lovely .. those little green jumpers have more wisdom than we realise 🙂

    • Christine Bolton
      September 2, 2020 at 9:31 am

      Maybe so! Thanks Kate ☺️

      • September 2, 2020 at 12:25 pm

        welcome Christine 🙂

  4. September 1, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    Love the photo and your poem

    • Christine Bolton
      September 1, 2020 at 11:42 pm

      Thank you Sadje 🥰

      • September 2, 2020 at 12:42 am

        A pleasure my dear

  5. September 1, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    Grasshoppers know all the answers Christine….. here’s my poem “Grasshoppers Hallelujah”, which has just been accepted into an Anthology…..

    Grasshoppers Hallelujah
     
    At night, it’s my time to bleed
    As I’m slowly going to seed
    My video picture’s blurred
    I’ll take my film shaken, not stirred
     
    There I was, crawling on dirty paws
    When my dream drifted into pause
    An impostor interrupted my show
    As I was climbing Mount Kosciuszko
    Bathing there in warm winter snow
    Waiting for my spring flowers to grow
     
    I’m overseeing the green valley below
    Where bees and dragonflies are buzzing to and fro
    Tree ferns are shading the moist forest floor
    I see faeries singing from under the Sycamores
    And they’re dancing to music that sounds familiar
    A classic song by the whistling caterpillar
    Accompanied by the violin tunes of grasshoppers
    And I hear the mystical rhythm of nature’s Hallelujah

    • Christine Bolton
      September 1, 2020 at 8:01 pm

      Oh it is magnificent Ivor! A Midsummer Night’s Dream ☺️💕

      • September 1, 2020 at 8:11 pm

        Thank you Christine, and I’m ecstatic this lovely piece of mine, was accepted…

      • Christine Bolton
        September 1, 2020 at 8:54 pm

        Yes, congratulations my friend! Well deserved ☺️💕

      • September 2, 2020 at 5:26 am

        It’s so delightful I’m not surprised!

      • September 2, 2020 at 6:35 am

        Thanks Kate… how’d your day go ? 😀😎

      • September 2, 2020 at 6:38 am

        super busy … bleedin electricity companies but I will get there, just takes time and loads of patience 🙂

      • September 2, 2020 at 6:59 am

        Yep… I know… you’ll be ok… 😀😎😍

  6. September 1, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    Love it! <3

    • Christine Bolton
      September 1, 2020 at 6:31 pm

      Aww, thanks Bette 🙂

  7. September 1, 2020 at 5:41 pm

    Love this!

    • Christine Bolton
      September 1, 2020 at 6:30 pm

      Thank you so much! 🙂

  8. September 1, 2020 at 5:16 pm

    Awe! Cute! <3 love it! <3

    • Christine Bolton
      September 1, 2020 at 5:37 pm

      Thanks Carol Anne! I hope you’re well 🥰

      • September 1, 2020 at 5:38 pm

        Doing so so I guess not great to be honest 😊

      • Christine Bolton
        September 1, 2020 at 6:30 pm

        I am so sorry to hear that Carol Anne. I hope things improve for you soon 💕☺️

      • September 1, 2020 at 7:48 pm

        Thanks Christine, I really hope so too 🤍🥰

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