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Gripping Roots, Coats of Snow , the God Phoenix Rises

flower, god, rain, spring, winter, dance, birth, sunshine, GRIPPING ROOTS © TANKA Birds chirp spring’s sunshine Rain showers the ground outdoors Plants begin to grow Gripping roots draw nourishment Mother Nature's weathered gifts! Coats Of Snow © Tanka Pure white coats stockpile And cold shouts a freeze Daylights sunshine glare Early moonbeam blights a kissing And dance the night time sky! THE GOD PHOENIX RISES! © Tanka In Arabian ash Half a centuries' time Beauteous ‘Phoenix’ ashes lay For five hundred years Ageing in Arabian soil Will rise awake sentence-free!

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Diane M Quinlan

Date: 5/31/2015 7:58:00 PM

Thank you for reading my 3 Tanka word/works today. You must have really enjoyed reading them as you gifted me a high 7---I definitely feel very surprised and happy about this. Tanka are so much fun and do help the brain recharge itself when meeting the challenge set by Eastern Poetry. When it works it works---when it doesn't...it sure does go wrongly!!!! Many blessings to you.....didee

Darlene Gifford

Date: 5/31/2015 6:33:00 PM

I enjoyed reading your Tanka, especially how you closed it.... A 7 Blessings, Darlene