Tanka challenge 4./28 & 4/29/12

[gurdymonkey]

4/28:

My journey takes me
Eastward through hills blushing green
From late spring rainfall.
Poppies burst like a shower
Of welding sparks on the wind.

(Seriously. I guess they named them the "California Golden Poppy"  because "California Screamin' Orange Poppy" wasn't sufficiently dignified.)

4/29:

A blurry sun coasts
Through a pearlescent sky as
Fog floods through the straits.
The mountains are soft edged and
Merge like watery brush strokes

Comments

[katerit.livejournal.com]

I really like both of these - the ending line of the second is a wonderful image, and the way you picture our California poppies is awesome. The welding sparks on the wind is an unexpected image but so so right. That one is my favorite out of the month.