Spring peers around the corner
unsure -as a foreigner
Winter’s show’s gone-a horror!
The sun beams-a restorer
©Vivian Zems
(#Tanaga)
Real Toads : Fussy Little Forms~Tanaga
The tanaga is similar to haiku and tanka, being a compact quatrain with four seven-syllable lines. The tanaga can be written in various rhyme schemes, but traditionally all four lines rhyme, like aaaa bbbb cccc.
Also posted to Poetry Pantry #394
Smell The Coffee 
March 10, 2018 at 9:12 pm
I hope for spring too… I know it’s coming, but I do love some real winter too.
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March 12, 2018 at 7:58 pm
I’m quite happy to leave winter behind. 😊
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March 10, 2018 at 9:19 pm
I found a great time to play with words too. Spring came sooner last year here but we had record rains and it fooled our drought-ridden plants. This year is starting good I’m already seeing flowers on my bike rides in CA.
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March 12, 2018 at 7:57 pm
It must be so pretty..that view of flowers.
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March 10, 2018 at 9:37 pm
Lovely!💖 Spring is beginning here as well which is a welcome change 😊
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March 12, 2018 at 7:57 pm
It’s a welcome change, for sure.
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March 10, 2018 at 9:47 pm
You are right. Yes, you are. I don’t care if the snow outside my door is laughing at me. There will be light! And blooms.
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March 12, 2018 at 7:56 pm
Amen to that!
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March 10, 2018 at 10:03 pm
Spring is such a wonderful reminder that there is hope for new beginnings. I look forward to spring and summer time. At least, winter can take a back seat for a while. 🙂
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March 12, 2018 at 7:56 pm
It’ll be a relief!
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March 11, 2018 at 12:31 am
kaykuala
The sun beams-a restorer
Everyone looking forward to spring. It is reassuring!
Hank
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March 12, 2018 at 7:55 pm
Can’t wait!
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March 11, 2018 at 10:28 am
Good morning, Viv! We both wrote about spring! I love the thought of spring peering around the corner.
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March 12, 2018 at 7:55 pm
Thanks Kim😊
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March 11, 2018 at 11:58 am
Still hot in Australia, but do remember that longing for Spring when in the UK. Strange species are humans, always longing for the weather we haven’t got. Just wish it wasn’t quite so hot at night these days!
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March 12, 2018 at 7:54 pm
Give me the heat, anytime😄
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March 14, 2018 at 2:23 am
I absolutely agree – yet the heat in Australia has been so extreme lately that I fully understand and endorse Robin’s remark too.
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March 14, 2018 at 8:10 am
🙂
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March 11, 2018 at 12:46 pm
Lovely poem. Indeed the sun is a restorer. I feel SO much better when the world is bright & the snow is melted. Hurry, spring.
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March 12, 2018 at 7:54 pm
Hurry up, indeed!
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March 11, 2018 at 12:46 pm
Vivian I love the form, and your description of the transition of the seasons…here spring is peering, but winter is not giving up yet!
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March 12, 2018 at 7:53 pm
It’s been a battle, alright😊
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March 11, 2018 at 2:03 pm
Awaiting spring for sure ….and there will be light !
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March 12, 2018 at 7:52 pm
Indeed 😊
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March 11, 2018 at 2:23 pm
Nice… Like Mary I really like the notion of the sun as a restorer…
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March 12, 2018 at 7:52 pm
Thanks Scott!
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March 11, 2018 at 2:59 pm
Foreigner! Love that. Well done and yes yes yes!
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March 12, 2018 at 7:51 pm
😊
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March 11, 2018 at 3:13 pm
I love the optimism in this piece -it really shines
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March 12, 2018 at 7:51 pm
Thank you😊
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March 11, 2018 at 3:41 pm
This made me smile. 🙂
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March 12, 2018 at 7:51 pm
Thanks Sherri 😊
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March 11, 2018 at 6:15 pm
The sun is a restorer , for certain…of things that grow, and of human hearts.
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March 11, 2018 at 9:54 pm
Indeed it is!
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March 11, 2018 at 9:43 pm
Love it! Bring on that warm sun!
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March 11, 2018 at 9:53 pm
🙂
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March 11, 2018 at 10:21 pm
I enjoyed the inventive rhymes!
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March 12, 2018 at 12:12 am
Thanks, Rosemary!
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March 12, 2018 at 12:28 am
Ready for soring, the world and our sun are also ready. We are about finished with it here in the Houston area. Yesterday was in the high eighties, as have several others. This week, though, will too out in the higher sixties.
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March 12, 2018 at 7:50 pm
Thank goodness!
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March 12, 2018 at 1:01 am
I can’t wait! : )
ZQ
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March 12, 2018 at 8:01 pm
😆
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March 12, 2018 at 2:35 am
Liked teading this, Vivian. For sure spring has troubles knowing when to come and go. Here, Houston, Texas, she came in late January. But already she is practicing bowing to summer. Every week since mid February we’ve had at least one day in the 80’s.
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March 12, 2018 at 8:58 am
Let’s hope she settlles soon 🙂
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March 12, 2018 at 6:11 pm
a foreigner – what a wonderful metaphor!
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