Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Three tanka published in Japan

Finally something worthy of blogging

I have been honored with 3 tanka in the Tanka Society of Japan's 2005 anthology - in Japanese. The poems are from the River Wang Tanka.

In a world
without walls,
there are no windows
to hold the moon,
my songs, your voice.

Summer's
pack ice far, far
from shore;
beluga calves
pass by unnoticed.

At play
in wet red clay
children laugh
at how their pies taste
without almonds.

Smiles, huge smiles.

Gary

2 Comments:

Blogger Sherry Pasquarello said...

i think this is a wonderful honor and shows just how well you can write in forms that baffle me but are so beautiful

5:39 AM  
Blogger Gary B said...

Sherry, thanks much.

Gary

6:11 AM  

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