are your wings broken
or are they merely hidden,
a secret composed
of rags, following the wind
unfurling as the crow flies?
For Frank Tassone’s #haikai challenge #109, scarecrow. Also inspired by Van Gogh.
K.
lines that aim to be
are your wings broken
or are they merely hidden,
a secret composed
of rags, following the wind
unfurling as the crow flies?
For Frank Tassone’s #haikai challenge #109, scarecrow. Also inspired by Van Gogh.
K. 
This made me think of so many things! Lungs in a rib cage, the spread wings of a bird like the notorious blood eagle. And the crow liberated. Much more crow orientated than scare.
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Thanks Jane. I always see wings on scarecrows. It’s also eerie how my wing paintings often look like lungs. Not sure what to make of that.
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Maybe lungs look like wings. Nature recycles good ideas.
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Nice thought here – scarecrow kindred with crow.
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Thanks Ken. They are always intersected.
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This is actually quite a positive message, Kerfe. A gorgeous picture too.
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Thanks Robbie. Anyplace there are wings, there’s hope.
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I see a human form with wings flying over a cornstalk, travelling between two peaks to reach the blue sky. So intriguing. 🙂
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Thanks Olga. Often these paintings surprise me with what they reveal.
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Love your writing and your art. Glad Sue Vincent was the conduit. 🤗
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Thanks Bela. This was not from Sue, but it could have been.
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Oh sorry, I meant thanks to her in the blogosphere, I ‘found’ you! Aloha.
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Yes she is a good connector as well as a wise poet.
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Indeed.
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I see a brain… love how you create these images! Insightful poem too! 😊
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Thanks Jill. These paintings truly become Rorschachs!
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #2: K’s latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thanks Frank. Hope you are feeling better!
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My pleasure, K. I made it to work today, thanfully. 🙂
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To me this looks like the crow lifting off, and the scarecrow has the green wings to follow. Many wings are hidden under tattered rags. I love that expression.
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Thanks Jade. Crows are magical.
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They do have a way about them.
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