With bells and whistles
trials and tribulations
unsettled as beach
ups and downs, and sideways too
life, wavering pendulum
Wavering
Category: Unplugged
Contemplate
Silent, unspeaking
creating, destroying worlds
with power of words
a woman, the poetess
in mindful rumination
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Photo: Umlauf Sculpture garden and Museum, Austin, Texas.
Sculpture: Poetess, 1956, cast stone. The sculpture pays homage to Charles’ wife, Angeline Allen Umlauf, who was an art student in Chicago before becoming a poetess. Representing poetic inspiration, the sculpture also refers to Angeline who played a part in creating the Sculpture Garden.
Unperturbed
Whetstone or wet stone
clear water knows no bias
be water, my friend
City of many things
Made for the people
city of luck, lustre, love
made by the people
a city of muck and mire
so real and still so fine
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This is my first time trying Tanka, a work of 5 lines following the 5-7-5-7-7 syllables format. What do you think?
Photo: JFK airport
Keep guessing
Only time will tell—
shoving blame on the unknown
one unsure of self
