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Tanka · Tanka is Japan's oldest poetry form. Traditionally a tanka has five lines with 5-7-5-7-7 syllables. In English some count sylla
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JULY A tar-black puppy hunts a snow-white butterfly, each snap off the mark pure joy, no frets, no thoughts of emptiness of existence AUGUST North-wester...
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Aug 1, 2003
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In a message dated 8/1/2003 6:03:28 AM Central Daylight Time, runok@... ... Hi Yuri , I like that one...thanks for the background on it. an old tractor...
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a stuffed elephant on the top shelf drunk, again she prays and prays without intercession karinaklesko I chose Tanka as my favorite form of writing, because...
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Aug 1, 2003
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I'm slightly confused.. what is the significance of the comma? The first time I read it with skipping over it, for I thought it was a typo. Thanks, Mike ... ...
Michael Paone
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Aug 1, 2003
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... first time I read it with skipping over it, for I thought it was a typo. ... To make the reader pause. To stop for a moment and if nothing else, to wonder...
krtntt
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Aug 1, 2003
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... and lakes ... Actually because ... for ... Hi Yura, I've been meaning to retreat after a brief round of posts but not before I tell you how much I enjoyed...
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Aug 2, 2003
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Ohhh, I'm sorry, haha. I read that as 'coma' .. instead of comma. I see how you mean now. To be honest, I think using coma instead would actually be quite...
Michael Paone
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Aug 2, 2003
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I enjoyed the way you entwined thought and season together. It gives the reader a sense of what has been and what lies ahead....
Kathy
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Aug 2, 2003
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5722
Drops on a petal Rain caresses so softly Sparkling like diamonds Eyes gaze so lovingly Without touching they embrace...
Kathy
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Aug 2, 2003
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hearing the fireworks I search along the night horizon only chalky lines meet my my gaze my high hopes plummet Carmen c & c welcome!...
Carmen Sterba
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Aug 2, 2003
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I wrote this quickly, I hope this improves some. Carmen ... wrote: hearing fireworks I search the night horizon only chalky lines meet my gaze as high hopes...
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Aug 2, 2003
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In a message dated 8/2/2003 10:02:57 AM Central Daylight Time, sterba@... ... Hi Carmen, good to see you ! I dn't know what the chalky lines are...it is ...
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Aug 3, 2003
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In a message dated 8/2/2003 7:50:02 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Hi again Carmen , I have read this over and over ..and now it appears to me to be an eye...
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Aug 3, 2003
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Hi Karina, thank you for taking the time to puzzle over this. I think if it is difficult to understand then I have not conveyed it clearly. I was searching for...
carmensterba
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Aug 3, 2003
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the coolness of mud burying my feet, now naked I feel cleansed in the still waters of this deserted river karinaklesko [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Aug 3, 2003
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sorry ...did not mean to tack this onto yours....I thought I put in a sep email and was wondering what happened to it...now I see where it is...Karina In a...
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Aug 3, 2003
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thanks for your comment Kathy: glad you enjoyed this. sheila....
Sheila Windsor
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Aug 3, 2003
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i look up just in time to catch the wild geese calling, wheeling south thoughts turn to autumn sheila no one left at the station I say good-bye to a flight of...
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Aug 4, 2003
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alleyway morning calm in my warm bed, i enjoy the clatters of somebody's clogs/john tiong chunghoo __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
TIONG CHUNGHOO
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Aug 4, 2003
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after your death I wander through my dreams looking for you these pelicans on the lake drifting back and forth in pairs Marjorie Buettner (for my mother who...
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Aug 5, 2003
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... i dread passing by your favourite mahjong haunt each time i heard the clatters of the game i tried to restrain my tears but failed/john tiong chunghoo ... ...
TIONG CHUNGHOO
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Aug 5, 2003
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we are a hologram the image of the whole in each broken piece grieving like the ones before and the ones yet to come Cris (who shed some tears)...
Cris Crawford
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Aug 5, 2003
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... marjorie, This is beautiful and so touching! I'm sorry to hear about your mother. May you find the strength to go through these sad times. Thelma...
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Aug 5, 2003
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A gooseberry bush hidden by rampant nettles by the fallen fence I long to see childhood friends in those now broken windows -YR...
YR
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Aug 6, 2003
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5738
a fascination that never leaves her - my demented mother watches people trudge home with their bags of groceries the indignities of sickness and old age what...
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Aug 6, 2003
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Slowly fading star Passes behind moonlit clouds Drifting from the west Reverently, night creatures Mourn it's passing in silence. (For my Mom who passed...
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Aug 7, 2003
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... From: <priszm@...> To: <tanka@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 3:09 PM Subject: [Tanka] wild geese ... Dark shadows of flyers in...
YR
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Aug 8, 2003
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I really enjoy the first one. Poignant yet subtle. Nice. Mike ... From: thelmamariano To: Tanka@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:28 PM ...
Michael Paone
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Aug 8, 2003
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amongst moon shadows moors beckon the misty fog In twilight beauty amourous lips lightly braze entwining two lonely souls...
Kathy
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Aug 8, 2003
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after days of depression mom continues to paint 'untitled' the dark rectangle around a blue fetus Cindy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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