Another entry for dVerse Poetics today: Mockingbird is the prompt. I have based this tanka on the battle scene of the Last Samurai.
pink as the spring
sunrise – cherry blossoms bloom
the next morning of
the last battle – forms lie still –
mocking birds sing their goodbye.
free image – Last Samurai, last battle
Feb 23, 2016 @ 21:35:54
A haunting verse, made even more so by the pinks and cherry blossom imagery in the beginning.
Feb 23, 2016 @ 22:01:53
…sing their goodbye.
oh, my. This choked me up.
Feb 23, 2016 @ 23:12:49
The movie makes me cry everytime. Not historically accurate, but still a beautiful piece of cinema and ideals.
Feb 24, 2016 @ 00:52:23
Singing goodbye.. There is something so special with such beauty juxtaposed against a battle to come.
Feb 24, 2016 @ 03:24:45
Such a strong image!
Feb 24, 2016 @ 06:15:49
I’m also caught up in that singing goodbye. Wonderful.
Feb 24, 2016 @ 10:19:40
What horror beneath cherry blossom gaze, and the sad lament of the mocking birds. Beautifully sad.
Feb 24, 2016 @ 16:42:49
A full story in few words. Haunting, Kanzen. ❤ ❤ ❤
Feb 25, 2016 @ 07:22:42
Wow! Full story indeed — and the fields are pink as the blood has faded with time. wow! Just wonderful.
Feb 25, 2016 @ 13:08:55
Thank you! The movie always makes me cry even if it isn’t historically accurate.