27 comments for “Grasshopper – A Tanka”

  1. -Eugenia
    September 6, 2020 at 7:48 pm

    I love it!

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

      Thank you! 🥰

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      • -Eugenia
        September 6, 2020 at 10:28 pm

        You’re welcome! 😉

  2. Lisa Coleman
    September 5, 2020 at 8:48 am

    Nice one! 😊

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  3. calmkate
    September 2, 2020 at 5:27 am

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

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

      Maybe so! Thanks Kate ☺️

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      • calmkate
        September 2, 2020 at 12:25 pm

        welcome Christine 🙂

  4. Sadje
    September 1, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    Love the photo and your poem

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

      Thank you Sadje 🥰

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      • Sadje
        September 2, 2020 at 12:42 am

        A pleasure my dear

  5. ivor20
    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

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

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

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      • ivor20
        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 ☺️💕

      • calmkate
        September 2, 2020 at 5:26 am

        It’s so delightful I’m not surprised!

      • ivor20
        September 2, 2020 at 6:35 am

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

      • calmkate
        September 2, 2020 at 6:38 am

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

      • ivor20
        September 2, 2020 at 6:59 am

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

  6. Bette A. Stevens
    September 1, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    Love it! <3

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

      Aww, thanks Bette 🙂

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  7. Evocative Verses
    September 1, 2020 at 5:41 pm

    Love this!

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

      Thank you so much! 🙂

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  8. Carol anne
    September 1, 2020 at 5:16 pm

    Awe! Cute! <3 love it! <3

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

      Thanks Carol Anne! I hope you’re well 🥰

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      • Carol anne
        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 💕☺️

      • Carol anne
        September 1, 2020 at 7:48 pm

        Thanks Christine, I really hope so too 🤍🥰

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