Perception

Lavender image fields generated using CoPilot AI; style: Watercolor

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo 2024, Day 27

Lush lavender fields,
Traveler’s eager eye seeks
Rows of vivid hues.
Yet here they sway, subtle grace,
Muted shades, all tinged with gray.

This tanka is inspired by a hot day in Italy when we walked next to lavender fields. It was a unique but underwhelming view because the colors were not as bright as we had imagined. Such is life; when we expect exuberance, but joy can come in subdued ways.

© Aneesha Shewani
https://www.bluepenstrokes.com


Spring

Vera Kober – Daffodil


#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo 2024, Day 26

Daffodils sprayed
With mellow shades of the sun
Their bosom carry
Warmth of the Earth; and promise
Of new life after Autumn

© Aneesha Shewani
https://www.bluepenstrokes.com


Quietness

“Scrabble Art”: Mixed Media by Dan Sproul

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo 2024, Day 25

The evening clatters
Like Scrabble tiles in a pouch
Shuffled on game racks
Another day set aside,
With a few words in repose.

© Aneesha Shewani
https://www.bluepenstrokes.com


Across the hills

“A walk in the Rain”: Deborah O’Keeffe Paintings of Ireland

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo 2024, Day 24

Mist rolls in heavy
An infinite firmament
Meets verdant hillocks
A chilly breeze is entrapped
In the cerulean hues

© Aneesha Shewani
https://www.bluepenstrokes.com


Wearied

“City Life”: Painting by Faruk Koksal

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo 2024, Day 23

Blossoms in your hair
Resplendent in morning hues
They are now withered
In shades of a tired brown dusk
Homebound on the twilight train

© Aneesha Shewani
https://www.bluepenstrokes.com