Four Tanka

~~ 1 ~~

Sing me a riddle:
How many crooked pathways
make a journey whole?
How much food for sustenance
will you need on the long walk?

~~ 2 ~~

Making no progress
while trying to navigate
her soul’s deep waters,
she struggles to breathe slowly
to conserve her energy.

~~ 3 ~~

Murmuring prayers
that could double as weapons,
a renegade priest
transforms wine into water—
his convoluted world view.

~~ 4 ~~

Run to the orchard!
It is time to name the fruit
clinging to the trees,
and to pick the juiciest
with your deft and practiced hand.

Tanka © 2015 by Magical Mystical Teacher

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Posted on October 18, 2015, in 5-7-5-7-7, tanka, The Sunday Whirl and tagged breathe, deep, energy, food, path, pick, practice, run, transform, view, walk, weapons. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.

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Jae Rose | October 18, 2015 at 5:31 am

Perhaps all crooked paths lead back to the apple tree – sounds like a pretty good destination all in all

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http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com | October 18, 2015 at 7:09 am

I like the way you have used the wordle words in longer poemlets! Well done.

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- magicalmysticalteacher | October 18, 2015 at 8:18 am
  
  I like your phrase “longer poemlets”! 😉
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) | October 18, 2015 at 8:31 am

Oh I like the thought of naming the fruits—

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ocean bones | October 18, 2015 at 1:48 pm

I love the fourth. And this:
” How many crooked pathways
make a journey whole?”

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Misky | October 18, 2015 at 3:49 pm

The second one caught my imagination!

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oldegg | October 18, 2015 at 8:08 pm

Life is a riddle in itself, let alone setting new ones for us. Number 2 does however suggest…suggestive things!

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kaykuala h | October 19, 2015 at 8:11 am

There is so much fun in the gathering of fruits. This situation often relates to not having to let go of opportunities! Excellent tanka MMT!

Hank

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