I wrote, Where Shadows Swim, in response to Colleen’s, Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 16, Full Moon Magic. The prompt was to write a tanka puente using a quote, and I chose one attributed to Anton Chekov: “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
Where Shadows Swim
The moon was awake
bright, round-eyed and watchful
beaming down below
where on a zephyr’s soft breath
blue leaves dance through boughs
~Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass~
bats’ echoes ripple
in tranquil air whispering
secret messages
flitting over silver pools
where their moonlit shadows swim
—Lesley Scoble, June 2025
My poem “Where Shadows Swim” is now a song!
THANKS
I’m deeply grateful to Colleen Chesebro, for her beautiful prompt and kind encouragement.
And enormous thanks to you, the reader, for taking the time to read my poem.
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