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! ๐Ÿฅฐ

      • September 6, 2020 at 10:28 pm

        You’re welcome! ๐Ÿ˜‰

  2. September 5, 2020 at 8:48 am

    Nice one! ๐Ÿ˜Š

  3. September 2, 2020 at 5:27 am

    this is lovely .. those little green jumpers have more wisdom than we realise ๐Ÿ™‚

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

      Maybe so! Thanks Kate โ˜บ๏ธ

      • September 2, 2020 at 12:25 pm

        welcome Christine ๐Ÿ™‚

  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 ๐Ÿฅฐ

      • 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
    ย 
    At night, itโ€™s my time to bleed
    As Iโ€™m slowly going to seed
    My video pictureโ€™s blurred
    Iโ€™ll take my film shaken, not stirred
    ย 
    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
    ย 
    Iโ€™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 theyโ€™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 natureโ€™s Hallelujah

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

      Oh it is magnificent Ivor! A Midsummer Night’s Dream โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ’•

      • 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 โ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ’•

      • 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 ? ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜Ž

      • September 2, 2020 at 6:38 am

        super busy … bleedin electricity companies but I will get there, just takes time and loads of patience ๐Ÿ™‚

      • September 2, 2020 at 6:59 am

        Yep… I know… you’ll be ok… ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜

  6. September 1, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    Love it! <3

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

      Aww, thanks Bette ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. September 1, 2020 at 5:41 pm

    Love this!

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

      Thank you so much! ๐Ÿ™‚

  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 ๐Ÿฅฐ

      • September 1, 2020 at 5:38 pm

        Doing so so I guess not great to be honest ๐Ÿ˜Š

      • 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 ๐Ÿ’•โ˜บ๏ธ

      • September 1, 2020 at 7:48 pm

        Thanks Christine, I really hope so too ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฅฐ

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