Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Springtime Festival

 —Tan-Renga by
Christina Chin, Malaysia (plain text)
and Paul Callus, Malta (italics)
—Cherry Blossom Photos
Courtesy of Public Domain
 
 
assembling
kirigami and origami
Spring Festival
          cut-and-fold
          home decorations
 
 
 

 
mother presses
white khaki pants
charcoal iron
         heaped dry washing
         a race against time
 
 
 

 
solitude
the pillow next to mine
cold

    only whispers
    of winter wind
 
 
 

 
waves creep
up the white shore
peaceful morning
    slow brush strokes
    tease her flowing hair
 
 
 

 
twilight
motionless on the branch 
    —a raven
    protects
    the chicks
 
 
 

 
the pink artificial
plum blossoms in vases
symbol of spring
    out of season ornaments'
    silken illusions

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Today’s LittleNip:

The whole point of collaboration is that you give and take from each other, and that’s how you create things that are totally new.

—Virgil Abloh

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—Medusa, with thanks to Christina Chin and Paul Callus for their fine tan-renga today!
 
 
 
 Owl in the Cherry Blossoms
—Public Domain Photo Courtesy of
Joe Nolan, Stockton, CA

















 
 
 
 
 
 
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