Saturday, July 23, 2011

Tanka

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Early morning sun
plays upon our bed, offers
a haunting quality
jiggles fresh tears
from my tired eyes


CyNthIA

29 comments:

Christine said...

Nice one, tanka's can be such fun.

Fatima said...

Nice one! :)

Take Care

Bethe77 said...

Like this!
Blessings

Cynthia said...

Hi Christine, it's taken me some
time to get the hang of writing
a tanka - Thanks!

Cynthia said...

Thanks, Fatima!

Cynthia said...

Thank you, Bethe

Heaven said...

i haven't tried this form yet....

nice play of words ~

Kim Nelson said...

Tanka is not easy, particularly if you achieve the goals of using metaphor and simile. You do it justice!

Cynthia said...

Hello Heaven, It takes some time,
but the process is enjoyable.

Thank you.

Cynthia said...

Hi there Kim. Yes I found out
the tanka takes thought to be
succinct and lovely.

Thank you so much for your
generous comments.

☂☆ Vållῐ ★♬ said...

Simple and cute...:)
Nice one :)

☂☆ Vållῐ ★♬ said...

Thanks for visiting my blog :)

Cynthia said...

You are welcome and thank you for
returning the favor V.

Rex Venom said...

Hmmm
This one bring conflicting thoughts
Must delve deeper....

Rock on!

Lolamouse said...

I always find tanka very difficult. Yours is quite beautiful and doesn't seem at all forced. Lovely.

Cynthia said...

Hi Rex, thank you for thinking
on this.

Cynthia said...

Lola, thank you so much.

Short Poems said...

You paint such a complete word picture here.

Cynthia said...

thank you short poems, I tried.

Opaque said...

Personally, I love tankas... this one was awesome!!!

Cynthia said...

Hey there, Opaque - good to
see you - Thank you!

Rachel said...

very nice

Cynthia said...

Hi Rachel, thank you!

LeiffyV said...

Very nice offering here, I liked it! Thanks for sharing!

Cynthia said...

LV -hi, thank you for your
kind words.

A Cuban In London said...

I like the structure of the poem, although not quite sure what it is (the structure, not the poem). I like the rhythm and the images it conveys, too. Like your "tired eyes". I know what you mean, especially when contrasted against the early morning sun.

Greetings from London.

Cynthia said...

Hi CubaninLondon, thank you for the
pop-in and for the careful read-
I appreciate that.

Crafty Green Poet said...

I like the idea of tears being jiggled from your eyes, a very vivid description

Cynthia said...

Hi Green Poet. Enjoy your blog, haven't seen any crafts lately.

Thank you!