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Tag Archives: tanka

Poetic Injustice

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Maggie C
12

Justice is blind, though

inherently judgmental.

My verdict awaits.

COVID culls with dispassion

guilty and guileless alike.


dVerse MTB: Jisei (Japanese Death Poems)

Posted in poetry, serious stuff | Tagged COVID, dVerse, Jisei, poetry, tanka | 12 Replies

spring reckoning

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Maggie C
39

dead limb

Planted last winter,

I watched for your blush of life.

You remained dormant,

or dead – Now I’m left to choose:

wait and hope, or dig you out.


dVerse Meet the Bar challenge: 5-line Japanese Poetic Forms. My first attempt at a tanka. 

Posted in nature, poetry | Tagged dormant tree, dVerse, meet the bar, poetry challenge, tanka | 39 Replies

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