Ink on contracts dries
Oh, we nameless faces rejoice!
A new spring now dawns
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The price of televisions
I no longer watch the trees
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A/N:
While I will make no claim of expertise, and for those unaware, a Tanka is a 31 syllable poem in which the seven syllable couplet at the end is a response to the preceding haiku/senryu.
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Comments (7)
How every land gets colonised lol
This is a level of complication I was totally unprepared for! I'm still stunned as I had not heard of a Tanka and the related structure format before, but I was blown away by your crafting of it...and I am in awe.
You executed this brilliantly. Loved your Tanka. I've written a Tanka too but I've not published it yet hehehe
Ah yes, while technology may be entertaining, we can't forget about nature. Good job!
I am unfamiliar with Tanka, but I love this style and your message. I love poetry and would love to write it, but it is beyond my skills. Very nicely done.
I'm feeling bowed by an article I read about our climate trajectory today, and reading this with that in my heart.
Oh love the form and the words. Well done, Matthew!