slumbering snail . . . if only yesterday had waited i saw you standing in line this afternoon at the post office . . . winter came too fast! waiting for me ...
Thanks for the New Year's smile, Robert. This one tickled me... Carol new year's morning . . . my shadow beats me to the restroom! slumbering snail . . . if...
Very enjoyable read. I like the snail theme running (or creeping, whatever snails do) through this. The one Carol points out below tickles me too. I also am...
The following verses were written at dawn on New Year's Day. a fresh leaf white in the winter of a new year; it seems a shame to mar it with words Donald Keene...
M. Kei
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Jan 2, 2007 11:55 am
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what good work, ~K~! I like all of them but especially the first and the one about the journal. ... the ... of ... <http:// ... ...
Thank you, Robert. ~K~ ... -- Editor, Fire Pearls: Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart <http:// www.lulu.com/firepearls> Moderator for Kyoka Mad Poems --...
M. Kei
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Jan 2, 2007 10:54 pm
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Thank you, Janet. December was a slow month for poetry, but the New Year's dawn provided inspiration and I wrote quite a few that morning. ~K~ ... -- Editor,...
M. Kei
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Jan 3, 2007 1:36 am
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thanks, shanna, glad you like it. wrote it during a "tanka moment," I guess you could call it, this morning while driving to an appointment....
meant to also say that I see a problem or two in this tanka of mine - - e.g., could sound like I have a "problem...with the birds" -- but my brain doesn't seem...
change of preposition..... 'to' instead of 'with' ?? or leave the ambiguity sprite ... From: janet l. d. To: Tanka@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 03,...
A change of verb will do it, such as 'my problems depart' instead of 'I release my problems.' ~K~ ... -- Editor, Fire Pearls: Short Masterpieces of the Human...
M. Kei
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Jan 3, 2007 11:51 am
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Thanks, sprite and M. Kei. sprite -- Yup, sprite, I'd thought of "to" right off the bat, but since to changes the meaning slightly, I resisted using it. And,...
so few hearts lifted out of snow a child's mitten hear the fingers play "be with me" imagine moving & leaving a hole in space what strength would flow out ? ...
Sandy ~ thanks for the read & sharing your enjoyment ~ louis kitsune miko <kitsunemiko@...> wrote: Nice Sandy ... [Non-text portions of this message...
High standards Set your standards high, and life will arrange itself to meet those standards. Go forward with the best of expectations, and those expectations...
draft: hand-embroidered by my grandmother, pillowcases too full of memories to ever use settled deep into my middle years--- the endless string of moments...
