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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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24408 Wahyu W. Basjir
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Oct 6, 2012
7:04 pm
mother said four-leaf clover was a plain lie soon, i whispered you won't need wheelchair [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
24409 Spiros Zafiris
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Oct 8, 2012
9:47 am
..more clearly   throw me a rope to corral the clouds-- leave only blue and nestling peaks--that I may witness her countenance more clearly ~~ ..(C)2012...
24410 Spiros Zafiris
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Oct 24, 2012
6:19 am
..They respond   leave the moons and the farthest star simply gaze simply gaze, now and then They'll respond like she used to ~~ ..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris ...
24411 samuraiwarrior1998
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Oct 26, 2012
3:22 pm
opposite the cemetery laughter echoes over headstones children's peek-a-boo (C)2012, --= Samurai =-- I have been away for quite some time. Life's problems and...
24412 Spiros Zafiris
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Nov 6, 2012
11:20 am
  ..well advised   Poetry has protected me when I winced back and flexed my insanity; from cauldrons I turned, and offered tanka ~~ ..circa 2011..(C)2012...
24413 Spiros Zafiris
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Nov 30, 2012
8:02 am
... ..ahem   if not for this barren log frivolity would reign on this delicious beach it lends a sense of ahem ~~ ..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris ..channeled; spirit...
24414 Spiros Zafiris
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Dec 9, 2012
9:06 am
..#82691   the foam of gurgling eddies I expunge only her arms and mine, embraced forever, remains ~~ ..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris ..channeled; spirit Harmony;...
24415 Spiros Zafiris
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Dec 16, 2012
8:06 am
  after midnight tunes   these after midnights sing ice cream and burning myrrh tunes lavender wants in and  I let it ~~ ..Dec. 16, 2012..(C)2012Spiros...
24416 Spiros Zafiris
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Dec 28, 2012
8:09 am
clumps of snow   once more, with my dustpan, I threw down the balcony snow each time a clump grazed my tree's dry branches, I apologized ~~ ..Dec. 28,...
24417 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 12, 2013
9:35 am
..leafless   leafless now they face us and we know they're cold there are no coats for them but some of us will not rebloom ~~ ..Sat., Jan. 12, 2013..(C)2013...
24418 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 12, 2013
9:58 am
..changed one word in L5..but feel it is important..   ..leafless   leafless now they face us and we know they're cold there are no coats for them but more...
24419 Jane Reichhold
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Jan 12, 2013
6:34 pm
Thanks for the good poem, Spiros. I agree with your change. Still I am debating the philosophy in L5. Is that what I think, too? Or not. See, you got me...
24420 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 12, 2013
6:59 pm
..thanks for the feedback, Jane..you know, i changed, slightly, L5, a bit more--(a 3rd time)..but didn''t think it would be wise to keep sending small changes ...
24421 Kitsune Miko
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Jan 14, 2013
4:16 am
http://s28.beta.photobucket.com/user/tankavisions/media/another-dead-flower2_zps464e9ae1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 Sandy Vrooman -- "Expectations are resentments...
24422 Wahyu W. Basjir
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Jan 14, 2013
5:50 am
1/ the main ingredient of all good dishes is love she recalls once in a while her daughterıs face 2/ washing out the grayness of you i hold dear down in the...
24423 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 14, 2013
8:41 am
..her walk   she walks on blossoms--lighter feet are only far high yet, even from there, petals and bulbs wish it was they ~~ ..Mon., Jan., 14, 2013..(C)2013...
24424 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 14, 2013
2:26 pm
..it apears i've made one of my infrequent grammatical errors..in L5 i used "was" when i should have used "were", 'twas pointed out to me..   ..her  walk   ...
24425 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 19, 2013
11:45 am
tell me counsel me, table and chair why must I fill these pages tell me, at least, one moon cheers ~~ ..Sat. Jan. 19, 2013..(C)2013 Spiros Zafiris ..channeled;...
24426 Shanna
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Jan 23, 2013
12:05 am
this crystal cave rainbows on my paper Myrlins magik colors the pome shanna http://hawaiian-poet-tree.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have...
24427 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 29, 2013
9:50 am
..private time   swallows, do not sit on my raised palms when I entreat the skies on behalf of loved ones--I respect your private time ~~ ..Tuesday, Jan. 29,...
24428 Jane Reichhold
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Jan 29, 2013
5:11 pm
Spiros, I was wondering why you did not form this into this shape: swallows, do not sit on my raised palms when I entreat the skies on behalf of loved ones I...
24429 Jane Reichhold
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Jan 29, 2013
5:32 pm
oops. I see Yahoo put in a line space. . . swallows, do not sit on my raised palms when I entreat the skies on behalf of loved ones I respect your private...
24430 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 29, 2013
6:21 pm
..thanks Jane..>>i'm very pleased you like this one..i like how you arranged poem..Harmony knows i prefer s/l/s/l/l..so She was only trying to comply..but i...
24431 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 29, 2013
6:28 pm
...oh, Jane..>>Yahoo put in the line break..well, i wasn't going to line-break it..but i like your arrangement..again, thanks much..>>spiros ... From: Spiros...
24432 Shanna
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Jan 29, 2013
10:05 pm
I always have so much trouble understanding your pomes but the way Jane put it fits perfectly and makes sense... I like it... shanna e ..thanks Jane..>>i'm...
24433 Spiros Zafiris
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Jan 29, 2013
11:58 pm
..thanks Shanna..>>nice of you to comment.>>spiros   ~~ ... From: Shanna <shanna@...> Subject: Re: [Tanka] Jane's Yahoogroups Forum..private time ...
24434 Shanna
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Jan 30, 2013
4:41 pm
sunday supper letting the music flow filling... no notes to follow they just fall that way shanna http://hawaiian-poet-tree.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of...
24435 Jane Reichhold
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Jan 30, 2013
6:18 pm
Shana, I have the feeling I am missing some important information I need to completely comprehend this one. Why Sunday? Why supper? What do the last two lines...
24436 Shanna
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Jan 30, 2013
6:27 pm
well every sunday we dress up and have pot luck suppers and play music and when we realy start to jam its like we are getting filled up on the sounds that we...
24437 Jane Reichhold
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Jan 30, 2013
9:11 pm
Shanna, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. After hearing of the complete event I am wondering if this tanka is a part of a sequence? I still ...
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