Joan

Loneliness, the silence in an empty space. A silent companion in the corner of the room. The whispers of the silence echoed in emptiness.

Time is like an endless flow of water. Forever flowing, never ending. Time is as free as a bird in the sky.

Love, a patient light In the darkness, waiting to be recognized. Love is like the wind, whispering from person to person. Love is eternal but is not unbroken.

Hope is a light that shines in the darkness. Hope is what keeps us going. Hope is a reminder to us that even in difficult times hope guides us in the dark.

In my tanaga, it talks about how the beauty of the sky reminds them of someone they hold dear, and is afraid to make a mistake in love them.

This tanaga that I made is about, how love can feel so good yet can also feel harmful, and how loving someone wrongly is not love.

This tanga is talking about how loving your mother is not a game, but a requirement to repay the care and joy that our mother's brought to us.

This haiku that I have made is talking about finding joy and happiness in the night sky.

This haiku talks about how love is slowly fading or going away in a relationship, and is saying that it wasn't love.

This haiku that I made is about hope and joy that a flower can bring.

These three haiku, although different in subject matter, present a strong investigation of sensory perception and emotional reaction. The first, a landscape, employs vivid images to portray the passage of day into night, emphasizing visual details of light and color. The second transitions to an internal situation, capturing unadulterated happiness through the senses of hearing and sensation. The third combines internal and external, painting a scene of nostalgia that remembers the comfort and warmth of summer.

Summer's sweet embrace.

Pure and simple joy.

Day gives way to night.

These 3 tanagas were inspired by love, nature, ang challenges that we overcome. The writing process involved brainstorming ideas, carefully counting syllables, and making sure the rhyme scheme was observed. I think these poems do an adequate job of capturing the peacefulness of nature, the happiness of love, and the strength of the human spirit.

And shadows fill with fear.

Nature’s wonders keep.