... ***In agreement with Gene. Tanka is usually 5 lines ...short/long/short/long/long though, of course people have been know to take liberties! Kirsty -- No...
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gillena2001
Dec 1, 2004 4:42 pm
OOps the title should have been only in the message subject, glad you caught that. Much Love gillena...
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gillena2001
Dec 1, 2004 4:50 pm
... gillena -_- ... 26/11/2004...
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gillena2001
Dec 1, 2004 4:53 pm
Really enjoyed reading this; i like the way Line two pivots Lines one and Line three; but Line five left me a little confuses at the term 'beginning rain' ...
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gillena2001
Dec 1, 2004 4:55 pm
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gillena2001
Dec 1, 2004 4:56 pm
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Sender of Card
renga@...
Dec 1, 2004 9:23 pm
Hi. Henry <renga@...> has sent you an Awesome Card. See your card as often as you wish during the next 15 days. SEEING YOUR CARD If your email software...
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jack_darrow
Dec 2, 2004 1:30 am
You might stumble through a low tangle of salal to reach the home along the western shoreline of the evergreen madrone....
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Izabel Sonia Ganz
izabson
Dec 2, 2004 6:04 am
... ****** I like this tanka, just wondering about the Samhain connection. Here is the humorous one I wrote for that Holy Day: on the country road a pumpkin...
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Izabel Sonia Ganz
izabson
Dec 2, 2004 6:38 am
on the white screen just "gateway error" appears time and time again - squirrels chatter on teak trees outside my open window Izabel C&C p.s. this kept me away...
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jack_darrow
Dec 2, 2004 7:43 am
Thank you. I enjoyed your humorous take. The things we revere, the things that inspire, or terrify are often expressions of the natural environment, cloaked...
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Kirsty Karkow
blomstereng
Dec 2, 2004 1:14 pm
... ***I like it. Teak trees? Wow! Where do you live, Izabel? I've never seen a teak treebut have lots of teak furniture. Kirsty -- No virus found in this...
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Sheila Windsor
sheila_windsor1
Dec 2, 2004 5:55 pm
... glad you finally got through the gate, izabel! :) i like the idea of this . . . if it were mine, i might try transposing lines 1 & 2 and losing one of the...
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Sheila Windsor
sheila_windsor1
Dec 2, 2004 6:01 pm
rebecca . . . joan of arc et al candle shadows how they shape you sleeping girl sheila...
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Jemrich@...
jeanne6566
Dec 2, 2004 6:39 pm
In a message dated 12/2/2004 12:13:15 PM Central Standard Time, sheila_windsor@... writes: rebecca . . . joan of arc et al candle shadows how they...
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Jemrich@...
jeanne6566
Dec 2, 2004 7:25 pm
Hi folks, Can't remember if I've posted this one yet: undetected by airport security a tiny leaf stuck to my sandel from our walk together Jeanne [Non-text...
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Carole MacRury
snowcress
Dec 2, 2004 8:19 pm
... This is wonderful, sheila. The tone is perfect.... gentle musings over a sleeping child, acknowleging the female figures that paved the way for us. It...
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Sheila Windsor
sheila_windsor1
Dec 2, 2004 9:54 pm
... addressing a ... then I ... not ... 3's "candle shadows," I've ... line! In candle ... the past! ... ambiguous statement ... shadows? Or the ... works!...
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Sheila Windsor
sheila_windsor1
Dec 2, 2004 9:58 pm
... over ... way for ... recognizing the ... thank you, carole. it's pretty much the first time i've been able to write (or, at least, know what i'm writing)...
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Moss, Ron C
tassie_ron
Dec 2, 2004 10:04 pm
rebecca , joan of arc et al candle shadows how they shape you sleeping girl sheila Very nice Sheila, I like the way the story unfolds as it is read through and...
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Carole MacRury
snowcress
Dec 2, 2004 10:59 pm
... I enjoyed this very much, Jeanne. Not only does the little leaf act as a memento of time spent together, but today, I see it as champion....escaping...
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Moss, Ron C
tassie_ron
Dec 2, 2004 11:09 pm
... Hi Jeanne and welcome back, trust you had a lovely time in Japan and thanks for the Tanka from your travels it made me smile ;-D best , ron ...
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Jemrich@...
jeanne6566
Dec 3, 2004 12:30 am
In a message dated 12/2/2004 5:29:21 PM Central Standard Time, ... Hi Jeanne and welcome back, trust you had a lovely time in Japan and thanks for the Tanka...
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Jemrich@...
jeanne6566
Dec 3, 2004 12:33 am
My apologies to the list and to Ron -- I accidentally posted to everyone a letter I meant only for Ron. Fortunately, the mail didn't contain any deep, dark...
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Kirsty Karkow
blomstereng
Dec 3, 2004 12:59 am
... ***I concur. A gentle reference to those who may be a young girl's heroine's...and all that the other's have voiced makes this a very special tanka. Kirsty...
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Gene Murtha
gmu9240555
Dec 3, 2004 1:35 am
... "what happened to those spots?" Thanks Sheila! Note: an ellipses is a wonderful punctuation mark, but often I do have problems when misused. "well, I...
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Jack Darrow
jack_darrow
Dec 3, 2004 3:10 am
Flustering madrone, she is always dropping things, clustered white bouquets, strips of cinnamon reveal an immodest orange skin trunk....
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Jemrich@...
jeanne6566
Dec 3, 2004 4:34 am
as if it shared my regret for words I shouldn’t have said wind blowing snowflakes back into clouds Jeanne [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Izabel Sonia Ganz
izabson
Dec 3, 2004 5:04 am
... the ... worth ... ***** Thanks, Sheila, you for your comments and suggestion. I am trying to use the 31 syllables count, but perhaps the syllables in...
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Izabel Sonia Ganz
izabson
Dec 3, 2004 5:13 am
... ***** Straight into my "superb tanka" file! The scope of expression and the feelings these short lines evoke... Izabel...
