Friday, 12 April 2013

Brown Study

From a selection of artworks by Chelsea Bednar comes this Abstract7, which suggested to me a great sense of longing for home. So I wrote this - 

In a far country
a stranger's understanding
dispels loneliness.
Then realisation comes -
home lies within one's own heart.






I trust my attempt at a Tanka fits the request made by Margaret Bednar at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, to capture the emotion in the picture.
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11 comments:

  1. Rita Odeh12 April 2013 at 12:21

    A tanka which flows easily setting the emotive context of homesickness, reaching the climax at the closing line: home lies withing one's own heart. STUNNING!

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  2. Doctor FTSE12 April 2013 at 12:34

    "Home is where the heart is" recast as "heart is where the home is"

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  3. Margaret12 April 2013 at 15:21

    Yes, there is a sense of distance, but a calming influence as well, here. Perhaps its the composition of the light... either way, I really like it.

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  4. Jinksy12 April 2013 at 15:34

    Poor Cad - feeling lonely again? Go find Ada! :)

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  5. Kerry O'Connor12 April 2013 at 15:48

    So interesting that you saw the distance between heart and home in this painting.

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  6. LLM Calling12 April 2013 at 18:52

    absolutely true

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  7. Grace12 April 2013 at 19:06

    I like that message, beautiful words ~

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  8. Helen12 April 2013 at 22:15

    I love the tanka form ... and I love this.

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  9. Truedessa13 April 2013 at 02:42

    Well said, the last line says it all..nice..

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  10. Peggy13 April 2013 at 03:53

    Wow, a form poem as well as one that expresses the emotion of the painting. Nice work.

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  11. Susie Clevenger18 April 2013 at 05:56

    Tanka...I love it. Wisdom in five lines!

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