Tuesday, I am privileged to be the Pubtender and Prompter for the Tuesday Poetics at d’Verse Poetics Pub. It is getting to be (in spite of the heat!) autumn. Subtle signs but there if you take the time to notice. My prompt for today for our community and those who want to join us, is to, in 24 lines or fewer, write about change. The Japanese word Mujō 無常 means “impermanence”. It is one of the major aesthetics of the Japanese culture that all things change, nothing is permanent, and to embrace that idea.
I think this quote from Alan Watts says it all – about the culture of change, embracing it, and joining in the dance of change in our world: “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Please come and visit us to read the discussion about changes, to join in, to enjoy the poems that will be linked with all the different takes on the prompt and to please, add your own if you feel inspired. A video from my favorite group World Order is included on the post. The slideshow illustrates changes in the lane and woods by my home – summer and autumn. My poem is linked to d’Verse: http://dversepoets.com/2015/09/15/poetics-ch-ch-changes
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Three Autumn Tanka
I.
autumn knocks softly –
a long absent friend unsure
of being welcomed –
gold leaf against green back drop
summer smiling beckons in.
II.
red carp scale clouds hang
in cool morning sky – heavy
dew pearls on thin web –
garden spider curled dead in
corner of its final web.
III.
chill of soundless night –
faint light of crescent moon – time
has no meaning as
one gold leaf drifts down to the
edge of sleeping country road
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