TANKA POEM FOR LIDIA  by Neal Whitman, USA

Morning at Point Lobos, California State Park

fine art photo by ELAINE WHITMAN

 

A TANKA POEM FOR LIDIA

 

I wake at dawn

with winged heart and give thanks

for another day

you bring an updraft lift

that carries me ‘til dusk

 

NEAL WHITMAN

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/neal-whitman

Incantation to Lady January

for Lidia Chiarelli

 

Lady of Love,

blow the wind softly

and bestow your kiss

to warm us this winter

 

Luminous Lady,

open the veil slowly

and gift us your vision

to see the spring to come

 

Luscious Lady,

scatter the snow

and drop the berries

to ripen this summer

 

Lively Lady,

melt the snow

and saturate seeds

to sleep deeply