The sunlight far off..

The seasons drifting over trees..

Sitting silent so
Inside the womb of winter
Leafless curse of fall
A promise of faith at spring
Trees stare at sunlight far off.



Badges (Contest wins)

Wintery Sun Winner! (Sunrise to Sunset)

bronze medal (Albert's Poetry Cafe ~ Poet Craft: Form Tanka ~ with Salvatore Buttaci!)

Tree of Knowledge (Tree Poetry)

Reviews

[Undying Glory]

short, sweet and real beautiful. i've said this before and i'll say it again, you sure know how to write great poems which are short. i find myself far too caught up in everything to ever shrink any of my poems down to that size. this is really nice work man.

"A promise of faith at spring
Trees stare the sunlight far away."
amazing words, man

[HorrorMaster]

very good

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Okay! How did you get into my kitchen?!? LOL! This perfectly describes a picture that hangs in my office. In fact (geek alert), I loved the picture so much that I purchased two of them. One hangs in my office at work, the other in my kitchen.

It's a 3-D Print of a picture and as you move, the picture changes from one season to the next. It's really awesome. The first time I saw it, I was amazed.

If you're interested, you can see the picture here:

http://www.trendsinternational.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TI&Product_Code=TB88446&Category_Code=3D1620

I have always loved both the haiku and the tanka; and as you know, they were designed to focus on nature. You did an excellent job of describing the change in seasons, and I love the image at the end of the trees staring at sunlight far off.

Linda Marie

[Poeticpiers]

excellent Dinesh

[Craig Froman]

Powerfully visual work that holds a depth of profound thought. This is so freely expressed, even within the tanka form. Wonderful, rich poem!

[Livana Lowell]

Nice definition of the seasons. Haven't seen much of that in awhile. The trees take most of the affect and demonstrate a connection between nature and human. That's what I recieve from this poem. The words lean towards a stuck in darkness waiting for the light mood and tone to me. Sweet, short, a lot of meaning. That's why I believe this deserves a hundred. I thank you for sharing.