An impressionistic image created from multiple iphone images and edited with iColorama, Skylab and distressedFX on an iPad Pro.

An Autumn Dawn...

“Blurry fall sunrise,

Softly glows through clouds of fog,

Brightening still pond;

Marshland grasses greet the day,

Gracing the traveler’s way...”

©R/Merz #TankaPoem

Forest spirit orb,

Seen, and unseen, by some men,

Reflects nature’s soul;

Hauntingly reminding us

It is time to pay the toll…

©R/Merz #TankaPoem

A composite image created from original iPhone photos and edited with iColorama.

Fall Passes Away 🍁🍂

~

Viewing cloud streaked skies,

Through yellowing, wind bent grass stalks,

Fall passes away;

Earth awaits the cold winter,

When landscapes are frozen white...

~

©️R/Merz #TankaPoem

Digital improvisation created from an original iPhone 11 Pro photograph, and edited on an iPad Pro using iColorama, Snapseed, and DistressedFX+ apps— ©R/Merz/ImproVisions All Rights Reserved 😎

An impressionistic interpretation of an original photo taken on a grey rainy morning in a nature area. Edited with iColorama on an iPad Pro. -------

Rainy Morning Memory

"Slick leaves coat the bridge,

Passing under dripping trees,

The sound of rain drops;

Dampness silencing footsteps,

Traveling through the grey dawn…"

©R/Merz Original #TankaPoem All rights reserved

Fifty and more

Of us prisoners gather here

To burn incense

On an empty sardine can

For the repose of a departed soul.

Sojin Takei

Poets Behind Barbed Wire

~tanka on photograph by don iannone