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Kanshi Poem
A chapter in the book Tanka Collection
~ Burning the Midnight Oil ~
by Gypsy Blue Rose
burning the midnight oil
writing love poems for you but you don't know me though we share the same street, moon, and sky and we hear the same mournful potoo bird  |
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-- If someone is burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late to write.
-- Potoo birds carry a mournful song, one of the most haunting in the bird world.
KANSHI FORM IS WRITTEN IN 5 to 7 SYLLABLES AND 4 to 8 LINES. Japanese poets wrote in classical Chinese during the Tang Dynasty in the Heian Era (794-1185), Chinese was the language of courts in Japan. Kanshi was practiced and enjoyed only by aristocrats at the beginning but has remained popular throughout Japanese history, especially among academics and intellectuals. more info from wikipedia -- more info from simplyhaiku.com -- the HaikuFoundation.org
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. -- Potoo birds carry a mournful song, one of the most haunting in the bird world.
KANSHI FORM IS WRITTEN IN 5 to 7 SYLLABLES AND 4 to 8 LINES. Japanese poets wrote in classical Chinese during the Tang Dynasty in the Heian Era (794-1185), Chinese was the language of courts in Japan. Kanshi was practiced and enjoyed only by aristocrats at the beginning but has remained popular throughout Japanese history, especially among academics and intellectuals. more info from wikipedia -- more info from simplyhaiku.com -- the HaikuFoundation.org
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
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