Jun 16
Transience
prismed light fractures
in strands of melting color
woven together
as a butterfly knits the air
a morning’s tapestry
Pamela Olson, 6/15/08
This tanka was written in response
to the prompt, “transience” at
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This line: “as a butterfly knits the air” is gorgeous in a stunning poem.
I love to sit on my patio and watch all the changes as light paints the sky. Lovely.
You are truly a wonder in words.
“strands of melting colour”
WOW!
As a person who walks summer meadows searching for butterflies I can see the similarities in your poem to the flitter and flutter of lilting wings. Lovely.
Your words are simply gorgeous and leave such a wonderful visual emotion. The photo is stunning also.
Lovely tanka expressing the prompt so well!
As a butterfly knits the air - lovely line. Is that a rainbow maker in your photo? I used to have a few of those but have lost them over the course of too many moves. I keep wanting to replace them. This is a lovely poem. I like “morning’s tapestry too.” Well done.
wonderful_Well done..
how beautiful and butterflies are kind of transients, they don’t appear that often, not to me anyway
Some mornings it the sun does seem to do this with the rays slicing through the morning mist. Love the tanka.
so pretty,drops of butterfly dust.