Yucca Tanka
Yucca stalks thrust up
hard & phallic from the ground
& then remember
their true nature, sprouting blooms
like handbells ready to ring.
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Yucca stalks thrust up
hard & phallic from the ground
& then remember
their true nature, sprouting blooms
like handbells ready to ring.
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yes
“blooms
like handbells ready to bloom”
Thanks, Jim!
Great voice. Breath ” sprouting blooms/like handbells”
Oh yes, the meaning of life, remembering our true nature
Just so, Laverne. Thanks!
You are the master of Tanka!
Pshaw, Linda! I’m a mere student, just sowing my oats.
How to go from the masculine to the feminine in five lines! Beautiful last line!
Thanks, Sylvia!
Gorgeous. The hand bells really got me, so true.
Thanks, Bill!
Ah, so nice.
Thanks Melva!
The switch up is so nice!
Thanks Maira!