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Posted on April 22, 2020

Without Death

Does it not realise?

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Posted on April 21, 2020

ぼくもあなたも (Both You & I)

われらはおなじゅうすりましたか?

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Posted on April 20, 2020

Tanka #?

In my left ear; in my right.

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Posted on April 19, 2020

To Close Out A Letter

Looking o’er toward the cranes…

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Posted on April 12, 2020

Sat By Old John Cabot

Blow gentlesoft, pandemic breeze, ‘breast an unop’n’d tomb.

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Posted on April 9, 2020

Both The River & The Sky

As for me…

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Posted on April 6, 2020

Without Life

Does it not realise?

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Posted on April 6, 2020

A Song From Mem’ry Deep

? ( … )

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Posted on March 30, 2020

A Tanka On The Superiority Of Tanka

That’s right.

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Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

A Tanka On The Corner Of The Harbourside

A ring around old cobble.

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Posted on March 24, 2020

Dawn

…

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Posted on March 9, 2020September 16, 2020

A Tanka In Japanese

Asoko…

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Posted on March 1, 2020March 1, 2020

A Tanka For The Spring To Come

Image credit – Japan Objects

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Posted on February 28, 2020

For The Lady In The Dulcet-Hued Bandana

The wisps of orange marshal light amidst the blue.

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Posted on February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

A Tanka By The Banks(a)

Hikari…

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