A New Day

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A New Day

At the rocky edge

I turn to the morning sun

Raise my arms up high

And exhale my yesterdays

Praying for a fresh new day

 

The new day begins

I am a knotted bundle -

Memories, habits.

But this day is untainted

And I am born again - Blessed

Thank you to Joel Goldsmith,

spiritual writer and mentor

from way back,

who, in his many books,

 reminded me
over and over again

that each day

brings another fresh 

new opportunity

to
become...

and thanks also to Dan 

for introducing me

to the Tanka

poetry form

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Post Script

Dan has suggested that I tell you
about the poetic form of Tanka -
The Tanka is a little like
a stretched out Haiku



We begin with the Haiku format
which has a total of 17 syllables

in three lines:
with a five
seven
five
syllable pattern


and then we tack two further lines
on the end
each of which has 7 syllables.


And there you have it
A Tanka


A lovely and simple form of writing poetry
where brevity is of the essence
and being succinct
captures the spirit
of the writer's intention
in a nutshell

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