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La Casa Azzurra

Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Colleen, asks us to write a bussokuseki, a tanka
with an additional 7-syllable line at the end.
Inspired by an image by my amici at Blog 57.

Courtesy Blog 57

blue house by the stream
leans into evening’s amber
light on old brick walls
the canal mirrors its blue
just as bright, just as quiet
steeples watch the slow water

NAR©2026

This is “Slow Rivers” by Elton John and Cliff Richard

#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 73, bussokuseki, 7/14/26
la casa azzurra

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48 thoughts on “La Casa Azzurra”

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  9. blue comes in many different shades…. it fits perfectly amongst the more monotone… i can’t help but wonder did they run out of paint or desire to finish… though i do love the way it shouts without a sound next to a calm glassy river without making a quiver… love your tanka

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  11. Ti ringrazio per aver scelto ancora una volta una mia foto e complimenti per le tue parole. Mi dispiace che qualcuno dei tuoi amici ritenga la mia immagine “buffa”, magari giudichi nei propri confini… ciao Ago Blog57

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          1. beh sicuramente i lavori in quella casa non erano terminati penso, poi la finiranno. Mi meraviglia la sagacia dei tuoi amici, magari se guardano la Sagra Familia a Barcellona, avranno da dire… 😉

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  13. the combination of the wonderful picture and your lovely poem, inspired to write these words my dear friend.
    “I woke up this morning
    with blue surrounding my bed,
    quietly filtering through the blue drapes –
    there beaming down from dawn’s
    levitating, bright blue sky
    And so, I do not need to ask why
    the tranquil colour blue,
    serendipitously keeps me flying high.”

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