Poetry – Tranature

Tanka: Beech Tree

close up of the base of a moss-covered tree trunk with autumn leaves and grass in the foreground

piling up
leaves spin and weave
warm blankets
coloured by sunlight
in the wild, October wind

beech tree in Autumn colours, branches forming an arch over the woodland path

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/2.8, 1/160 s, ISO 160 and f/5, 1/50 s, ISO 320.

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Tanka: Two Mallards

a male and female mallard duck preening together at the edge of the loch

two mallards
so content together
water flows
below the fading heather
the moon begins to rise

a female mallard preening herself beside a male mallard at the edge of the loch

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5, 1/160 s, ISO 800 and f/6.3, 1/320 s, ISO 1250.

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Tanka: Redshank

a redshank wading through the river at low tide beside the stones

catching the sun
between the river’s stones
a redshank
water rippling around his feet
soothing his reflection

a redshank standing in the river at low tide beside the stones

close-up shot of a redshank standing by the river at low tide between the stones

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/200 s, ISO 100, f/6.5, 1/250 s, ISO 125 and f/6.5, 1/400 s, ISO 200.

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Haiku: Celebration

five five-month old cygnets feeding on the seashore with their mother

celebrations
ebb tide, dappled light
feeding the birds

three fully grown cygnets feeding with their mother on the seashore

two fully grown cygnets by a sandbar with a seagull and a curlew in the background

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/200 s, ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/250 s, ISO 100 and f/5.6, 1/400 s, ISO 100.

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Haiku: October Swans

two fully grown cygnets walking past their preening mother on the beach

fully grown
between cygnets’ brown feathers
colours of the moon

two fully grown cygnets beside their preening mother on the beach, one cygnet fanning his wings

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/8, 1/160 s, ISO 100 and f/8, 1/200 s, ISO 100.

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Haiku: Autumn Air

a stream flowing through the glen below pine trees, heather and ferns

green to gold
in a world of treasures
autumn air

close up shot of golden ferns with a shimmer of green still showing

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2, 1/125 s, ISO 100 and f/3.2, 1/60 s, ISO 125.

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Fall

Tan Renga: Grass on River Bank

Four Canada geese flying overhead against a blue sky

Five Canadian geese flying North against a blue sky

Kristjaan at Carpe Diem has invited us to create a Tan Renga with the given haiku by Ken Gierke. A Tan Renga is a short chained poem written by two poets. It looks very similar to a Tanka, but a Tanka is written by one poet.

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4.5, 1/500 s, ISO 100.

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