Cathy's tanka startled me. Below is one that has been sitting on my desk for ages. For me poetry is the expression and sharing of universal feelings;...
... The ... a ... replaced ... a ... consider ... tanka ... Samurai Maybe the s can come off of scrape.But when I say those lines I hear the s. Maybe it's me...
... my ... is ... not ... I'm sorry that I startled you.It is weird that we both came up with the same theme. But I also take it,we both have rather messy desk...
in the elevator, I am introduced to Betty after she extends her hand, I become a part of her tremor of Parkinson's disease John Wisdom [Non-text portions of...
Thank you, Samurai! These are very good suggestions indeed. I hadn't actually tried to turn the lines around before - I just stuck to the first draft. I still...
... <Samurai000@a...>" ... thing", ... of ... hear ... They ... scrapped ... a ... to ... I ... Cathy, you are absolutely right about the scraping sound. I...
in the elevator a white-haired woman extends her hand and I am at one with her Parkinson's disease John Wisdom [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... the ... use ... get ... like ... one ... modern ... stanzas. ... the ... didn't think of the sound of the scraping! Silly me! You're also right about the...
... Samurai, You have made skilful use of assonance (all the "i" sounds - rise, brightening, smile, lightens, ride) which gives this poem an overall harmony...
... <Samurai000@a...>" ... overall ... Thelma, thanks for the positive response! And thank you also for pointing out the assonance. I hadn't realised it when...
... Thelma, what a switch in imagery! For me, "a bank" created the image of water, which then switched to a bank of slow-moving clouds! I realized my head...
looking in the eyes of the most stunning women i smile knowing in my wife i have so much more All comments and critique are warmly welcomed. --= Samurai =--...
even a great job is never good enough the boss's mood in a loud sarcastic voice disgusts all the workers All comments and critique are warmly welcomed. --=...
Wow, Michael, you mean we came up with a haiku out of all this? LOL That's pretty cool! --= Samurai =-- ... turn the ... the ... length ... think of it ... ...
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... even a great poem is never good enough for the armchair critic who swivels and turns the poet's words around doris k. (just kidding around) Actually I...
... <Samurai000@a...>" ... poem..."disgusts ... notice ... Thanks, Doris, for the comment. I have to agree with you. I wasn't satisfied with it when I wrote...
In a message dated 3/5/03 9:07:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, priszm@... writes: << Guess I was waiting for someone else to rave on this. Ok I'll do it. ...
Once again I'm stuck with two tanka version. (The third version is not tanka) This does get annoying at time. Take your pick. I like them both. Whatever...
crickets, frogs toads and a million insects a nightly ensemble in the wide wide world __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
... Guess I was waiting for someone else to rave on this. Ok I'll do it. Excellent! Cindy I'll rave too. It truly does stand out as quite excellent. In format,...
... Kathy Very good. If you want to read the unedited verison of Anne diary. Read The Diary of Anne Frank:The Critical Edition.There you will find the three...
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