Thank you, Michael, and Robert, and K, for your support and enthusiasm for this project. The new journal, Modern English Tanka, will only be as good as its...
The July FireWeed ready to read and. July's FireWeed is complete and ready for your inspection: Poetry, interview, Houdini, Scotland, experimental, War, Peace...
I like the thought you have projected in this one. Sandy vgendrano <vgendrano@...> wrote: kindred souls aboard Hawaiian Airlines she mutters, paradise is...
Dear Friends and Poets, My article '11 Good Kyoka: Experiments in English' is now available at the MET <modernenglishtanka.com>. I hope you enjoy. ~K~ -- M....
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His burlap skin washed by the diamond waters, and everywhere, jellyfish in bloom. ~K~ C&C welcome -- M. Kei is the Moderator for Kyoka Mad Poems -- humorous...
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the train whistle penetrates my dreams as I turn over -- is it quiet in your sleeping car somewhere in Texas? Deborah P Kolodji...
WOW! Sandy Deborah P Kolodji <dkolodji@...> wrote: the train whistle penetrates my dreams as I turn over -- is it quiet in your sleeping car somewhere in...
i like this tanka very much, andrew. Consider replacing CIRCLING with CIRCLE in line two for metre's sake. top notch, my brother. robert wilson ... -- ...
nice tanka, denis...consider removing HONEY from line two to aid in the metre. beautiful. robert wilson ... -- www.simplyhaiku.com www.geocities.com/foamfish ...
burried in british soil but will the ancestors still pour a libation our slow steps towards knowing the earth as one re-gilded N - S sign in a slow setting sun...
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/tankavisions/guide-self2.jpg This is aphoto taken in hakone Gardens where they filmed parts of "Memiors of a Geisha". ...
It is a nice sentiment and surely a question to ponder but what you have written is not a tanka nor would i call it a senryu . . . it is a question, and...
Thanks for your words. Sandy robert wilson <foamfish@...> wrote: It is a nice sentiment and surely a question to ponder but what you have written is not...
... Hi, Denis - There is much about this tanka that I like. I think your first three lines are WONDERFUL. I like your use of pause end line 1, to set up your...
Once again you ask me to explain my love; a newspaper tumbles apart in the afternoon wind. Michael P. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I am off to Idaho for a long weekend, be back Sunday some time. Limited computer access. Sandy **** "Expectations are resentments under construction." Anne...
Removing honey allows the reader to enter the poem without the descriptive adjective, but it does change the tone. Sandy robert wilson <foamfish@...>...
I like these a lot, especially the first one. It's a great image. I'm not sure I'm very fond of the interrogative for the first three lines though. I'd love to...
_____ From: Tanka@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Tanka@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Paone Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 1:35 PM To: Tanka@yahoogroups.com ...
I prefer it with honey, also. Honey is descriptive of the color, but 'honey' is also a term of endearment. To remove honey is therefore to remove some of the...
M. Kei
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to use honey or not to use honey, that is the question of the moment. I am not a "honey" person as my ex wife always called me that in a grating tone whenever...
I agree with Michael and K . . . in addition to K's point, the proximity of "honey" and "cascade" suggests her hair's flow as being slow, rich, and sensuous...
Lean BACK on my ARM let your HONey HAIR casCADE Over the EDGE . . . for that ONE naked MOment when NEIther of US can SMILE then again, there's: lean back on my...
*cough* Since I know where Denis lives, I'm guessing it's 'hon' not 'honey.' "Welcome to Balmer, hon." ~K~ ... -- M. Kei is the Moderator for Kyoka Mad Poems...
