Tanka Tuesday

So here’s my tanka prose for this week’s #TankaTuesday challenge where we’re to select a herb or vegetable from the list on the challenge post. My kigo word is 🫑 green peppers. 🫑

Taco (Tanka) Tuesday

Summer rainstorms battered the two pepper plants we planted this spring. Against all odds, the plants stand tall. The peppers remind me of Yule, one red, the other green. Peppers off the stalk—the gift that keeps giving.

It's Taco Tuesday
spicy bite of green peppers
a taste sensation
of late springtime memories
planting under the hot sun

© Colleen Chesebro

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yellow summer squash

mild and soothing to the tongue

adding sweet onions

side to spicy barbecue

all summer heat savory

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Tanka Prose