Purple Periscopes ...

Lovely to be back in Sussex. Even though I love Scotland and in particular, Argyll, there's something about coming home ...

Between the South Pond and the Jubilee Path in Midhurst is this glorious patch of crocuses. Just love the heavenly colour.

I quite like this Crocus Tanka*:



Crocuses
pierce the softening
soil, push up
purple periscopes,
search for spring’s warm face.

© 2007-2013 Elaine Magliaro.


*Tanka is an ancient 5-line form of classical Japanese poem dating back about 1200 years.
It is supposed to adhere to a strict syllable count, line by line – 5, 7, 5, 7, 7.
Tanka are often written about nature.