Friday, April 7, 2017

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[Child and Mask, 1955 by Kaoru Kawano;
from Google dot com]

RICE CAKES
A smile rules the doll's house
A story now is told
Ever a cuddly audience
Assembled there to hear

The Buddha sits in silence
Rice cakes set in his plate
The sweet scents of incense
Rise to dissipate

When sticky little fingers
Of a urchin standing by
Edges close to Buddha's plate
His rice cakes to deplete

❧✿❧

garden Buddha
incense and birdsong
an offering
for ancestor's tales
retold in Spring buds
RICE CAKES© gillena cox 2017


Blog hopping today with
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads
Kerry Says ~ Let's Paint a Picture
Kerry Gives the option to choose works from selected artists and write a new poem using the technique of Ekphrasis.

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Revisit
7th April 2015

18 comments:

  1. What a lovely choice of print.. I enjoyed both poems, verse and tanka breathed life into the picture.

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  2. Thank you for your appreciation Kerry

    much love...

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  3. Enchanting moments shared here.

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    1. Thank you for your appreciation Martin

      Much love...

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  4. This is so sweet, and I love the print you've chosen for inspiration.

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    1. Thanks De, happy you dropped in

      Much love...

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  5. I really love the second part, especially the ending. It's like seeing spring blooming through the words.

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    1. Thanks for your appreciation Magaly

      Much love...

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    1. Thanks for your appreciation Rosemary

      Much love...

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  7. I've seen and maybe given those hungering glances at Buddha's offerings ~

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    1. 😊 thanks for dropping in grapeling


      Much love...

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  8. I loved both the poems ❤️ you truly nailed the prompt!

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  9. Both are beautiful writing, but I so love the second one.

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