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A Thousand Cranes
千羽鶴
( tanka )
while I wait for spring
in honor of Myagi
I fold the first crane
reviving a spirit djinn
it sings in my small hand
🧞♂️
cranes made of paper
in harmony to the earth
a journey begins
as I fold and neatly tuck
snowflakes to be wishes
🧞♀️
quietly sightless
their cause to be as one
when it’s time to say
with these origami birds
this is what I wish to give
🧞♂️
and instead of spring
I wait to let fly my cranes
as winter returns
a year from my very first
each a gift, all for a wish
( tanka )
while I wait for spring
in honor of Myagi
I fold the first crane
reviving a spirit djinn
it sings in my small hand
🧞♂️
cranes made of paper
in harmony to the earth
a journey begins
as I fold and neatly tuck
snowflakes to be wishes
🧞♀️
quietly sightless
their cause to be as one
when it’s time to say
with these origami birds
this is what I wish to give
🧞♂️
and instead of spring
I wait to let fly my cranes
as winter returns
a year from my very first
each a gift, all for a wish
Published 12th Mar 2020
| Edited 4th Apr 2020
Author's Note
1,000 cranes = a wish that comes true
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12th Mar 2020 10:14am
Why thank you very much, Ms Mantra, for stopping in for a read.🙏🏻 And a warm welcome to the Deep.
Jade🐾
Jade🐾
12th Mar 2020 1:02pm
12th Mar 2020 1:12pm
Thank you, darling Grace, perhaps it helps relieve you with the heat you’ve experienced lately where you live.
Whenever I write ink like this, I feel tradewinds on my face and through my long hair... and I feel at peace.
Whenever I write ink like this, I feel tradewinds on my face and through my long hair... and I feel at peace.
12th Mar 2020 2:40pm
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20th Mar 2020 7:26pm
for a second I thought you'd write these verses in the origami itself and those who read and are able to put them back to birds have gained the wisdom.
Ms. Jade, you are Zen.
Excellent work.
Ms. Jade, you are Zen.
Excellent work.
21st Mar 2020 5:24am
Why thank you, Wally, you flatter this quaranteened haijin. Be safe up there, and I’ll see you and all at the NaPo starting line.
1st Apr 2020 6:53pm
This is so lovely Jade. From the first string to the last Tanka. And the picture is just perfect to go with the poem.
1st Apr 2020 7:10pm
Thank you sweetheart, for the visit at the pond, and now here. You are a blessing come to me as a soft cooling mist.🙏🏻
always,
Jade🐾
always,
Jade🐾
