if only we had
as much enthusiasm
for intelligence
as for beauty and power…
wisdom’s an uncommon thing
~kat
A Tanka for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge using synonyms only for the words, Energy: power, enthusiasm and Knowledge: intelligence, wisdom.
cardinal perched aloft
high above the frosted earth
winter’s snap, an early spring denies
do you curse the cold as humans do
or can you feel the sun more keenly
amidst the spindly bones of trees?
~kat~
we have all but
forgotten the music
but it has never
stopped playing
listen to the wind
~kat
disembodied hearts
collect on street corners, fireplace mantles,
at railroad crossings, town squares, in graveyards,
disguised as deflating mylar balloons, wilted flowers
teddy bears, weathered hand-written notes
beating ever faintly in syncopation with the rain
~kat~
i could tell you
it is too soon for spring
another icy snap is inevitable
but you won’t listen
which is why I love you
fearless are you in fragility
~kat~
