Great Blue Heron

Tanka

Great Blue Heron stood

Thin as a flat toothpick split

Camouflaged sky-blue

 

Waits in blue water knee deep

Silently creeps jolt attack

Reviews

[cartera]

Jolt attack. Smashing put together of these words. Whole thing a picture told in few words.
Well done.
Alex.

[Rossen]

Blue is the color of poetry I see, stealthy and then...jolt attack
great write!

[ice]

A dramatic tanka...very nice...love the form

[An owl on the moon]

What a stunning beauty... Love to see herons fly over here.. they are graceful and mysterious... You breathe them out so profoundly here.

[Wolf's Dark Song]

Amazing. I could see the Great Blue Heron as I read this, they hang around a lot in the area where I live. I really love this. I give it 100.

[Jenny Nelson]

"Thin as a flat toothpick split"
Now that's great description! Does a great job at creating a mental picture. Nice write!