{"sf1_id":1836485,"sf2_id":"yndazWq1","title":"Civilized Nature","author":"Corvid_Conquest","words":99,"posted_at":"2022-03-30T13:22:00.000Z","tags":["Bird","Civilized","Flute","Hornet","Nature","Poems","Poetry","Summer","Tanka","Tree","Verse","Winter","autumn","english","language","literature","sequence","spring"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1836485-civilized-nature","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/yndazWq1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/a8/66/a8664df8-b3ae-48e0-8980-c90fa94cb4d0","description":"#5 of Lyric Poetry\n\nTanka Sequence...","content":"**Tanka No. 1 (Spring)**\n\nmyriad birds perching\n\nin radiant hues celestial --\n\nwhistling in the leaves\n\nthe melancholic music\n\nof the old depressed flautist\n\n**Tanka No. 2 (Summer)**\n\nburrowing hornets\n\nemerge in heated morning --\n\nthe shedding of tears\n\nfrom humankind to nature's\n\nconstantly warring factions\n\n**Tanka No. 3 (Autumn)**\n\nthe loosening leaves\n\nin an evening force of gust --\n\nbeneath the full moon\n\ndarkening chills overcome\n\nthe wanderer in the woods\n\n**Tanka No. 4 (Winter)**\n\nonce frost-bitten wings\n\non lethal birds of the skies --\n\nbecoming carrion\n\nin the silence of their peace\n\nravaged by hunger and plight\n\n  \n  \n\n"}