Antique Tanka with Flowers
green jade flower vase
rests on your grandfather’s desk
fresh cut wildflowers
he worked hard, never gave up
I’m sorry I never met him
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Wow !!! Again
Bullseye.
Love this.
Very nicely expressed. I love the title too!
I keep futzing with it. Just changed it again.
It is good, but you’re the boss of revisions!! I like how you use this form.
i like the combination of antique and tanka…
and i like how much ‘weight’ wildflowers get.in terms of syllable real estate.. for these counting forms of poetry..
beautiful
relatable tradition of handed down stories and furniture
Wonderful.
Great poem-you excel with the tanka!
Lovely!
I’d say you’re beginning to make this form your own. This is lovely. Like the note of regret it ends on.
Linda – You have this form mastered well! Love that you used the word “futzing” in your comments. It’s a weird word that always makes me laugh.
This title is superb! I especially love the image this starts on, that green jade flower vase.
Really nice, Linda. Love the images.