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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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my medicine only a couple of days left "then what?" a scared voice inside of me ©JJ May 1, 2006...
jörgen johansson
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Today was a beautiful day. I went to the boat and the captain hauled the mate up in a bosun's chair to varnish the mast. Looking up, I saw the new moon tangled...
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Up late, discussing the merits of catharsis; the clock flashes twelve through the tangles of her hair. Michael P....
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50+ my will still blank outside a single cloud hiding the sun ©JJ May 3, 2006...
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http://www.mindfirerenew.com/<http://www.mindfirerenew.com/> In addition to the usual fine poetry, workshop and reviews, we are publishing our first play - an...
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK What you can do, or dream you can, begin it: Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)...
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Just FYI - I will be offline until May 18th. bw, Denis...
Denis Garrison
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Hi, Preciouses group owner (sidra) invite you to join her group which is the best mailing group by joining you will get 4 or 6 best approved mail daily / day...
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May 9, 2006
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Dear Tanka Poets, Yellow Moon Seed Pearls 19 2006 results are now up on www.yellowmoon.info Click on competitions, then results, then Seed Pearls 220 tanka...
Maria Steyn
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May 9, 2006
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so quickly and leaving no trace, the grasshopper leaped to and from a fallen leaf -- roh mih Every step is a beginning. Join me in The Walk of Ten Thousand...
roh mih
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May 11, 2006
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‘boat bum’ -- that’s me! hanging around the clipper bows and teak work the neighbor built a privacy fence but the flowering tree leans over it and ...
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... <http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/ ... Your second poem is wonderful!! Andrew...
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May 12, 2006
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Thank you very much, Janet. I appreciate your comments and see the points you made, Carla ... Hi. Your post came through. And this tanka works quite well to...
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What a great tanka, Michael. I don't have a favourite line. I like it in its entirety. Wish I had written it. Carla Michael Paone <mpaone@...> wrote: Up...
carla sari
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Your last line id very poignant. Carla Denis Garrison <dgarrison@...> wrote: the cuckoo clock strikes I smile at the soft dawn light until my eyes...
carla sari
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May 12, 2006
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I had to look up 'ragwort' in the dictionary. But even without knowing its exact meaning what you' re trying to say is clear. I think the tanka works. We're...
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May 12, 2006
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dumb... the experiment to say nothing during 24 hours failed as she tricked me to whisper "i love you" ©JJ May 12, 2006...
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preparing for the summer pilgrimage lots of plaster and last but not least a headgear made of thorn ©JJ May 12, 2006...
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This is a moving tanka, Denis. I was wondering if you could strengthen the pivot line by moving your words around a bit, like so: the night grandma died in the...
carla sari
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Thank you Andrew. ~K~ ... -- M. Kei's personal poetry blog, with explanations and examples of various forms and traditions: <http://kujakupoet.blogspot.com/> ...
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Thanks kindly, Carla, I'm glad you enjoyed it. My ex-love was quite a muse and stirrer of my soul, to say the least. =] Michael ... it in its entirety. Wish I...
Michael Paone
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Hi, Note: If you have already recieve this invitation before please simply ignore this one if not then join us Now Preciouses group owner (sidra) invite you to...
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May 15, 2006
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so, is this just temporary? I have no bedroom of my own, only a narrow doorway -- roh mih Every step is a beginning. Join me in The Walk of Ten Thousand Steps ...
roh mih
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I must be such an imposter the spring rain darkens my little corner, doesn't materialize nothing amiss: the petunias profuse this morning in lavender and pink ...
janet l. d.
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May 15, 2006
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alone again as I close the chat window hum of my computer your fragrance still lingers in my sweater Trychydts...
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... A nice run of poems. Original ideas and subjects. Great work!! Andrew...
Andrew Riutta
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over the phone I could hear her voice echo inside her bathtub . . . or perhaps she really did say "I love you" twice Andrew Riutta 05.16.06...
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"I'm no man's fool" I keep telling myself with a sly grin in the bathroom mirror to see who looks away first Andrew Riutta 05.16.06...
Andrew Riutta
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each day I strain to carry myself in more convincing ways— this brown notebook thick with unfinished poems Andrew Riutta 05.16.06...
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harsh words have ground his teeth down to tiny daggers this man who picks lilacs for his dying mother Andrew Riutta 05.16.06...
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