(taken tonight, December 30th, 2017, looking East)
The full moon above
floats on blackened velvet sea-
poet’s perfection!
But who does not yearn for a
crescent in lavender sky?
–
Jane Kohut-Bartels
Copyrighted, 2017
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(“Moon” originally appeared in “A Seasoning of Lust”, 2sd edition, 2016, Amazon.com)
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December 31, 2017 at 3:13 pm
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #10: Jane’s latest #tanka!
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December 31, 2017 at 4:58 pm
Thank you, Frank. Not sure that it really is a tanka….a formal one, but it works for me. Thanks@!!
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December 31, 2017 at 5:07 pm
My pleasure, Jane! As informal as it is, it was tanka enough for me! Happy New year!
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December 31, 2017 at 8:37 pm
me. too. Frank. I used to be a Nazi on tanka form, but now? not so much. There are so many rules with tanka but if it’s nice free verse, it’s nice free verse. LOL! Happy New Year!
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January 1, 2018 at 9:35 am
A beautiful poem (and photo) to close out the year. Lovely!
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January 1, 2018 at 3:07 pm
Thank you, Nick. I can’t do what you can do with a camera, and that was just a phone camera but it worked for the poem. Happy New Year, my dearest friend! Love and Lots of Hugs for the New Year. xoxox
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