Bird takes spring steps- sings
Love songs from bare bough of tree
Winter is long gone
The stilted shrill calls her home
To nest in cherry blossom.
© Alison Jean Hankinson
Tanka for Carpe Diem #1091 Sonata in E, Op. 1/3 by Cecilia Maria Barthélemon
Image: Bird amidst the cherry blossom/https://www.flickr.com/photos/freedomiiphotography/8366458291/
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