This is an excellent work, Andrew. I often enjoy your tanka, but this one is quite striking. I suggest tightening L4 to 'as thunder'. The subjunctive tense...
M. Kei
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Aug 1, 2006 12:29 pm
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... this ... isn't ... Thank you. I like your suggestion, and will give much thought. Andrew ... <http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/03/chesapeake-...
Robert do you have a extra copy of the chapbook for the display? Lewis Sanders ... nudge ... surprises, ... fail to ... Congratulations, Robert! Andrew ...
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"We were never friends" she says, our last phonecall as lovers; I reduce a tissue to ash with an incense stick. Michael Paone [Non-text portions of this...
the cage door opened and they flew away the sky has no limits to loves expression Attempting to follow a tanka format and make use of the pivot. Any feedback...
I have been listening to Scarlatti harpsichord sonatas tonight. they must be short, these tempestuous sonatas, no man could live or love for long at that pace ...
M. Kei
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Aug 8, 2006 11:34 pm
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I loved this piece papa. Real nice. O. I have been listening to Scarlatti harpsichord sonatas tonight. they must be short, these tempestuous sonatas, no man...
I love the readings of Scarlatti by Horowitz. From the liner notes of "Horowitz At The Met," it is said that Scarlatti wrote in the preface to his sonatas: ".....
Thanks Ed. I'm not a drinker myself, but I'll lift a glass of orange juice in your direction. ~K~ ... -- Moderator for Kyoka Mad Poems -- humorous tanka --...
M. Kei
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Aug 9, 2006 11:04 am
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who cares if my belly hangs below my belt? at eighty-two my grandpa weighs little more than a bag of potting soil Andrew Riutta 08.09.06...
I definitely like this one Andrew. Orestes Andrew Riutta <andrewriutta@...> wrote: who cares if my belly hangs below my belt? at eighty-two my grandpa...
my grandpa weighs little more than a bag of potting soil I love this original imagery! (though I do hope you're talking about a very large bag of potting...
I like this too! (And I think it's effective how the "pace" of the second part of the poem varies from the that of the first.) ... of "Horowitz At The Met," it...
Thank you Janet. I find my tanka are often 'upside down,' that is, the first two lines are the long ones, and the last three are the short ones. But I think it...
M. Kei
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Aug 9, 2006 8:42 pm
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PRIDE About four years ago I was reading a book in a small train station in the town of Wakayama waiting for my train. A janitor was removing a large bag of...
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Very compact story that tells all. Good one. Sandy gillena2001 <gillena@...> wrote: sunny interlude but the sky's still overcast a father's tears-- ...
As for the term 'uta' it means 'song.' It is a general term for referring to Japanese song and poetry because in Japan, poetry was and still is chanted or...
M. Kei
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Aug 10, 2006 1:09 am
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Dear Michael, Aha Poetry's Glossary of Literary Terms says: "[U]ta ... was the earliest Japanese word for poetry. Later, as greater designation was made, the...
As far as I know from Russian sources, Siki did not invent the term "tanka" or even "haiku". He revived them. In ancient Japan tanka and uta were synonimous....
kei...some nice info. Where did you glean this information? I am always looking for new sources to study. Donald Keene says "uta" is "the common word for...
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