Barry Stebbings Poet Tanka

Ice Cream

Ice Cream


    Lover of the shade,

    Chilled fruit of the high summer.

     Soft petalled flower,

     Edible varieties

     Budding from a cone shaped stem.


      Barry Stebbings
       05/30/18

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Jean Bush August 30, 2018 at 1:27 PM Lovely. All summer in a poem. God, you're prolific! I envy your imagination. Barry Stebbings August 30, 2018 at 1:29 PM Thank you very much, Jean. // Barry

Kim Rodrigues July 5, 2018 at 1:48 PM Gorgeous tanks! Barry Stebbings July 7, 2018 at 4:47 AM Thank you, Kim. // Barry

Andrea Dietrich June 19, 2018 at 6:06 PM Now THIS is good tanka (and I do not say that lightly) You rocked it, Barry. Barry Stebbings June 20, 2018 at 10:17 AM Thank you, Andrea. I much appreciate your comment. // Barry

Eve Roper May 31, 2018 at 4:29 PM interesting imagery... ice cream was my dessert for lunch.. :) Barry Stebbings June 2, 2018 at 4:22 AM Thank you Eve, I thought it would be interesting to represent ice cream as an edible summer fruit. // Barry

Tom Cunningham May 30, 2018 at 12:27 PM Lovely Barry, that took me back to my childhood, the excitement when we used to hear the music playing from his van, Happy days. Tom. Barry Stebbings May 31, 2018 at 12:49 PM Thank you, Tom. // Barry

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart May 30, 2018 at 9:46 AM Lovely yummy poetry! Barry Stebbings May 30, 2018 at 10:16 AM Thank you, Maureen. // Barry Barry Stebbings May 30, 2018 at 10:16 AM Thank you, Maureen. // Barry