Late Spring: A Chōka

Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,Colleen, asks us to explore color in ourJapanese poetry as we write a poemabout our favorite season. Growth unfurls at dawntender shoots push through dark soilyoung leaves catch the lightemerald fields stretch and breathemoss softens the stoneferns uncurl in gentle raingreen deepens with joyevery branch reaches upwardnew life laughs… Continue reading Late…