Attribution: lin padgham
Image: A Desert Scene
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)
Beauty of sparkling
desert living, a
Spartan
way of existence
Listening intently yet
Unfazed of the searing
heat
Note: Kristjaan provided a music video as prompt with music by Karunesh
that has a Middle Eastern touch
that has a Middle Eastern touch
Written a tanka for Chev's CARPE DIEM #245 with prompt - listening
the desert is def a different way of living...have only visited...i love the difference in the landscape and plants....even they have to adapt...
ReplyDeleteI have often marvelled at the life of a Bedouin....such a starkly beautiful testimony to the ancients...
ReplyDeleteyeah that kind of heat you can keep, would not want up the thermometer to creep
ReplyDeleteI am not such a good Tanka writer, this tanka is wonderful and I am glad that you were inspired by the music of Karunesh. In August his music will deliver the prompts.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tanka Hank.. desert living require a different set of mind.
ReplyDeleteWonderful tanka. I love 'unfazed of the searing heat'
ReplyDeleteI know it was lovely photography in the video but I closed my eyes when the snake appeared...in the beginning. Hence my close-eyed haiku. lol Beautiful desert scenes and exotic music. Reminded me of the movie Koyaanisqatsi. Probably ancient to the younguns. ;-O
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