unripe mulberry fruit on tree, close up to camera

Sakura time [a spring gusto]

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Written by Catherin J Pascal Dunk

cherry buds—
plum—
unfurl sweet scent

brush turkeys
scrrrratch
for brekky bugs

discovered:
grand
mulberry tree

All photos by Catherin J Pascal Dunk 2026

This week it’s Melissa, from Mom With a Blog’s turn to be hosting our poetic prompt for Tanka Tuesday. Melissa has chosen the Pi-Ku which  is a tiny three-line poetry form derived from the first three digits of Ο€=3.14. Whoever first wrote using this form is a mystery.  It goes something like this: Line 1: 3 syllables […]

#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 81, Pi-Ku, 9/8/26

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38 Comments

  4. My backyard mulberry tree got fried by the heat this year. Last year I did get to make some jam with the berries. Happy Spring to you.

    I did take a visit around your place. I’m not one for rhyming or complex rules though. I’m more one to make up my own short forms by combining others. All the best.

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      1. I don’t get that many. Just the berries I can reach. The birds get most of them. And those berries that fall – the squirrels, or gopher get those πŸ™‚

        Happy spring.

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