Tanka: Winter Solstice

a blue and white whippet in a jacket sniffing a lensball in the surf
close up of a whippet's nose and paws around a lensball in the surf

distant bells
a welcome comfort
from the cosmos
inside out
on solstice day

© Xenia Tran

a lensball in the surf with the blur of a whippet's paw in the right hand foreground

Wishing you all a blessed Winter Solstice,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

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Author: whippetwisdom

The stories, poems and photographs on this blog are the original creative work of Xenia Tran. Inspired by life in the Scottish Highlands and in awe of nature she gives voice to the wisdom of her adopted and fostered whippets.

48 thoughts on “Tanka: Winter Solstice”

  1. Solstice Promises
    Now Longer Shorter
    Days Winter Summer
    Equinoxes ‘Tween
    What

    Matters

    Now We Breathe

    Still DarK Thru LiGHT Seeing Free

    Night Day TWiLiGHT Dances Sings Beauty

    All ToGeTHeR Day Night Coming ToGeTHeR in Balance

    Moon Reflecting

    Truth of Sun’s

    LiGHT iN DarK NoW..:)

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