September 29, 2020

homecoming

By Kat Myrman

homecoming

soaking the treetops

aflame in red, amber, gold,

cool rain in autumn

cannot quench the fading leaves

but softs the loam to tend them

~kat

A Tanka for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday.

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17 responses to “homecoming”

Colleen M. Chesebro
September 29th, 2020 at 9:46 pm

Beautiful! I so miss the rain. This is a lovely tanka. ❤

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- Kat Myrman
  October 1st, 2020 at 1:27 pm
  
  Thank you Colleen. We have had just enough rain so far. Just enough to keep the ground from cracking. The leaves here are turning. At dusk the light around my house is pale orange. LOVE this time of year. 🙂
  
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  - Colleen M. Chesebro
    October 1st, 2020 at 1:41 pm
    
    Wow! Kay that sounds so lovely. In the desert we have same, same. 😂🌵🥵
    
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    - Kat Myrman
      October 1st, 2020 at 4:04 pm
      
      Though there is a downside. I am extremely allergic to trees, grass and plants. I keep a decongestant handy! 😀🤧😷
      
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    - Colleen M. Chesebro
      October 1st, 2020 at 4:26 pm
      
      Oh, Yikes! I have to use an allergy spray myself. I get that, Kat. love
      
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    - Colleen M. Chesebro
      October 1st, 2020 at 4:27 pm
      
      So I’m on my phone and hit a key wrong: love was an emoji 🤦🏼‍♀️🙏🏻
      
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    - Kat Myrman
      October 1st, 2020 at 6:06 pm
      
      Haha
      
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    - Colleen M. Chesebro
      October 1st, 2020 at 7:14 pm
      
      That’s what I get for using my phone! LOL! 😀
      
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willowdot21
September 30th, 2020 at 12:27 am

Absolutely beautiful Kat 💜

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- Kat Myrman
  October 1st, 2020 at 1:25 pm
  
  Thank you Willow.
  
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Marsha
September 30th, 2020 at 1:39 am

Hi Kat, I love the last line, “softs the loam to tend them. I love to hurry and get all the leaves raked before the first rains come, so I can stomp down the brittle leaves and help the deterioration process soften the loam.

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- Kat Myrman
  October 1st, 2020 at 1:25 pm
  
  Hi Marsha,
  Thanks. I do love autumn and the smell of the leaves when they are damp covering the ground. I love your practice of stomping through the dry ones though. How fun!
  
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  - Marsha
    October 1st, 2020 at 7:13 pm
    
    I love to rake big piles of leaves! I guess I never grew up.
    
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Peter's pondering
September 30th, 2020 at 9:05 am

Love it!

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- Kat Myrman
  October 1st, 2020 at 1:24 pm
  
  Thank you Peter. I love Autumn! 🙂
  
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  - Peter's pondering
    October 1st, 2020 at 4:56 pm
    
    Me too, apart from the fact that I walk through thousands of cobwebs every year!
    
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