HOMEWORK 11.2.19

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Neville Briggs
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HOMEWORK 11.2.19

Post by Neville Briggs » Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:18 am

TANKA ?

It's like an oven
we moan in sticky sweat.
Air conditioning
blows a chill across the room
Ahh! that is much better Ahh!
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Re: HOMEWORK 11.2.19

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:17 am

Very topical or should that be tropical Neville :lol: Our weather Gods have gone crazy that's for sure. A good Tanka
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Re: HOMEWORK 11.2.19

Post by Shelley Hansen » Sat Feb 23, 2019 2:53 pm

Very concise and apt, Neville.

I'm still having no success with my attempts - long after the homework deadline!!
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Re: HOMEWORK 11.2.19

Post by Neville Briggs » Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:32 am

Thanks Maureen and Shellley. I have a book by Andrew Lansdown called Allsorts. He is an Australian poet, who writes a lot of Japanese style poetry it's marvellous stuff and quite hard to do right. Andrew Lansdown has a number of books out on gentle style poetry. His latest is Kyoto Momiji Tanka, Poems and photographs of Japan in Autumn.
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