Grasshopper – A Tanka

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Grasshopper

Yellow like the sun
Golden in morning glory
Flower of summer
He loves me, he loves me not
Grasshopper knows the answer
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

In response to Frank J. Tassone's
Weekly Haiku Challenge #153.  I chose
a Tanka

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

27 thoughts on “Grasshopper – A Tanka”

  4. 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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