Beach Park Tanka

Blue ocean vistas
Rainforest encroaches down
Tree roots over stone
Vines reach, wind, twine and climb
Clutching trees that cradle them

Burleigh Heads beach path
Pandanus groves, mangroves
Strange variety
Spiky bushes, towering trees
Tiny flowers underfoot

Raggy  paperbarks,
Log bridge, white sand, shallow creek
Invisible birds give song
Each day travel the same path
Only to find it diff’rent.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 5/28/2021 8:24:00 PM
Absolutely magical, Suzanne ~
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Date: 4/26/2014 4:05:00 PM
Your images are amazing! This is nature poetry at its finest.
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Date: 4/21/2014 4:14:00 PM
Very creative! Enjoyed immensely. It's not the pivots that attracted my attention here...but the last lines in each of the stanzas. // paul
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Date: 4/20/2014 6:42:00 PM
Endearing Unto One's Heart, These Familier Notes We Find Across Time's Paths....Tranquil, Sitting Her World Aside; Reaching Into A Trove This Heart So Longs...Gathering The Glittering In Love's Gifts From That, These Stones ? Very Beautiful Your Painting....Love, Jeremy
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Date: 4/19/2014 10:23:00 PM
I love that last part, how you travel the same path daily to find it different.So COOL. Great entry in the tanka contest it looks like!
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Suzanne Delaney
Date: 4/19/2014 10:27:00 PM
Thanks Andrea....such a nice surprise to have you visit. SuZ
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