A flutter of wings
a butterfly descending
lands on your finger
It is Delicate don’t touch
newfound appreciation.
Hi everyone! How are you doing? 💗 It’s no secret that butterflies scare the life out of me but despite this I found myself wanting to write a tanka poem about them 🤔. The sheer sight of them sends me running for the hills (if there are mountains, I will find them 🤣) so we will just pretend I’m capable of letting one land on my finger for the purpose of this posts even tho the very thought sends chills down my spine! 😰
Incase you don’t know a tanka poem follows the flow of these numbers of syllables per line: 5-7-5-7-7. Tanka poems are still fairly new to me so I have to look it up every time! 🤣 I thought I only just recently learnt how to write them but upon just searching on my blogs website I found my very first tanka called A Wave of Emotions from 2022 and I’d love it you could go and read it, I’ve fallen in love with it all over again!
Oh and just incase you’re wondering, I know I said the butterfly lands on your finger and then I said don’t touch it, but its allowed to land on its feet, you just can’t touch its wings! Thats been on my mind 😂.
Also, now I’ve got the song Butterfly Fly Away by Billy Ray Cyrus featuring Miley Cyrus stuck in my head 😂 nevermind, it’s a beautiful song!!
Anyway! I’ll be off now 😉. If you find yourself missing me, even just a little bit then you can find me over on my Instagram account chatting away about books ✨️📚. Let me know your thoughts on todays tanka poem and feel free to write your own one in the comments section using butterfly as a prompt! I’d love to hear them 🥰. I’ll see you again soon but until then, stay safe, take care and buh-bye! ✨️💗xx
Elsie LMC 