A Tanka Plus Two More

[inspired by Bone and his 3 Word Wednesday prompt - this week the words were initial, knock, weather. These words led me to try a tanka for the first time. But the form of the tanka led me to something that was not quite right, so I wrote a second poem, still using the exact form of the given words. Finally, I wrote a 3rd version changing the words to fit the exact feeling I wanted. - Enjoy!]


This is my first tanka

yesterday's weather
a warm summery pleasure
a tree announces
with a knock on the window
initial blast of winter

Poem #2



The tree's knock on the window
scratches an initial in the frost --
a winter weather calling card.




Poem #3



The tree knocks on the window
scratching an initial in the frost --
a winter calling card.