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Modern Tanka Suite

A chapter in the book Tanka Collection

Dreary Messenger

by Gypsy Blue Rose


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dreary messenger 

cloaked in black plumes

drenched in starless sky 

it brings unwelcome thoughts 

entangled in painful sharp shards 

 

aggrieved inner child

feels responsible for his sins, 

and undeserving of love, 

wed to man after man 

to get it right 'that one time' 

 

the revelation 

brings tears to her aged eyes 

forgiving her child 

enveloped in His loving arms 

no longer entrapped 

 

 

 




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MODERN TANKA is a Japanese poetic form. The form was created 1,200 years ago. It used to be written between lovers but now you can write about anything you want. Like haiku, it's written in a succinct manner in 31 syllables (5/7/5/7/7) OR LESS. Personification, metaphor, and simile are permitted in Tanka. Capitalization and punctuation should only be used when necessary. No end rhymes. click here if you want to see modern tanka examples -- click here if you want to read free online tanka book -- click here to read Tanka Society of America

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Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." --Atticus
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