General Poetry posted January 5, 2023 Chapters:  ...88 89 -90- 91... 


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A chapter in the book Tanka Collection

Our Last Vacation

by Gypsy Blue Rose


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Our Last Vacation

furious winds rage
through narrow gorge valleys
of forgotten canyons
where ancient streams cut stone —
there ... our impossible love dies



 



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Gorge is a narrow valley between mountains, with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.

Tanka is one of the oldest types of Japanese poetry. It begun in the Emperial Court, where lovers exchanged a tanka after a night of lovemaking.

Tanka in Japan, is 31 syllables in a 5/7/5/7/7 form, but in English is 31 syllables OR LESS

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Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" -- Novalis

Picture is the Grand Canyon National Park, Utah
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