07 Mar 2021
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tanka, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Concluding Tri-tanka week (7 of 7)

Tanka week is done
well…when you’ve read this it is
Seven days of verse
each with syllabic sequence
replicated thrice each day
Five and seven and
five and seven and seven
Five lines, thirty-one
syllables to frame each verse
Heralding poetic voice
Tanka week is done
By and by there will be more
This is cathartic
so to it I will return
as it is a favourite
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Hayase’ by Yoshida Hiroshi (1933)
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06 Mar 2021
by Jem Croucher
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Saturday, tanka, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
6 of 7 for Tri-tanka week

Following coffee
my Saturday slow starting
pauses yet again
Cathartic indecision
rules and I’m happy with that
For this is my rest
Snoozing may well play a part
staring into space
and doing little except
drinking coffee and resting
Music plays a part
as will reading and a game
or another snooze
For this is my Saturday
mine to do with as I choose
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Hayase’ by Yoshida Hiroshi (1933)
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05 Mar 2021
by Jem Croucher
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, morning, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tanka, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
5 of 7 for Tri-tanka week

It is quiet now
and dark and silent and still
Night-time clings on here
determined not to let go
Failing as the morning comes
Light slowly merges
The darkness slip-slides away
as a new day dawns
Witness to awakening
this is privilege indeed
And here to welcome
without fail the dawn chorus
Lifting voice I sing
and join this happy refrain
for morning has come again
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Hayase’ by Yoshida Hiroshi (1933)
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04 Mar 2021
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, tanka, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
4 of 7 for Tri-Tanka week

Throughout and shining
lighting night into morning
driven by the sun
solar for the twinkling time
little lights to guide the way
Iridescent here
friend to nightlife passing by
foxes and the like
clamour to the twinkling time
here for them and here for me
Luminescence
guaranteed here night by night
diamond-like it
glows here for the twinkling time
echoing the stars above
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Hayase’ by Yoshida Hiroshi (1933)
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03 Mar 2021
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, majestic, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tall, tanka, tree, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
3 of 7 for Tri-Tanka week

Majestic it stands
steadfast through the many years
Stoic and resigned
yet with aire of regal poise
absent of all arrogance
Resolute through change
Bereft of foliage it stands
through the winter months
sometimes bound to howling gale
or to frigid iron ice
Commanding an awe
insignificant I stand
and look up and up
to the majestic tall one
ever here and ever near
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Hayase’ by Yoshida Hiroshi (1933)
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02 Mar 2021
by Jem Croucher
in dog, Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, joy, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tanka, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
2 of 7 for Tri-tanka week

It was full of sun
so I ran and I ran
and bounded about
for this is my expression
of joy in its purest form
It was full of sun
so we watched him run and run
and happily bound
This too is our expression
of joy in its purest form
It was full of sun
so we soaked up the Springtime
us three in our field
For this is our expression
of joy in its purest form
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Hayase’ by Yoshida Hiroshi (1933)
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01 Mar 2021
by Jem Croucher
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: hope, Jemverse, life, March, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, promise, tanka, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
7 of 12 in the Jemverse ’12 months IV’ series
(& 1 of 7 in Tri-tanka week)

And so March begins
The promises multiply
from nature and man
for spring time and other things
providing wisdom remains
And so March is here
with sunshine already strong
its lack-lustre passed
as it pushes to summer
encouraging new growth
And so March begins
May we please use it wisely
and bring fruition
for it has been a long year
and we are so very close
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Hayase’ by Yoshida Hiroshi (1933)
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27 Feb 2021
by Jem Croucher
in Life, music, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: enrichment, Jemverse, life, music, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tanka, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

Music it is said
is today the food of life
Soul food for the mind
Often hungry, it satisfies
Momentarily it fills
Many flavours here
to sample, taste and enjoy
for my sustenance
So yes, I will fill my boots
a bon vivant for music
Never filled I crave
more of this bountiful spread
Always listening
my table is never bare
for a wealth beyond measure
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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17 Oct 2020
by Jem Croucher
in Autumn, poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: Autumn, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tanka, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

Heralding a new series
next week to grace these pages
a little taster
Something of the joy to come
to picture Autumn’s treasure
Fifteen lines of prose
crafted in three tankas here
combined together
allowing me the freedom
from a metrical structure
to paint a picture
filled with yellows, reds and gold
cornucopia
for an Autumn treasure trove
captured in the poet’s voice
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
[The Jemverse ‘Autumn’ series starts here on 22 October]
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15 Sep 2020
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka, wordsmith
Tags: Japanese, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tanka, wordsmith, writing poetry
2 in a series of 6

A ‘tanka’ today
as to the beach I return
for September sun
Basking in its warmth and light
for one more day of summer
©Jemverse
Tanka – Japanese expressive poetry comprising 31 syllables over 5 lines in a sequence of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7
Photo – ‘Half Moon Bridge’ (1940) by Yoshida Toshi (1911-1995
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