thawing snow, moist eyes
stormy new moon, starry night
sensing your heart beat
remote caress, motionless
endearing utterance, mute
Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry, similar to Haiku, but older and consisting of 5-7-5-7-7 Syllables.
submitted to Poetry Potluck, thanks Jingle for hosting 🙂
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Published by Dag Travner
born and grew up in Klagenfurt (Austria), was living for over 30 years in Vienna, now back to her hometown in the very south of Austria near the border to Italy and Slovenia; multilingual freelance writer of fiction (mystery, crime, horror), essays (arts, philosophy, linguistics, politics), articles (cultural journalism), translator (french philosophy), indie film-maker and podcaster.
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Dagmar Travner 
Lovely Tanka, in the silence the sound of heart rings loudly!
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Simply beautiful!! Such tender emotions so nicely fitted into nature’s changing moods (aka seasons)…
Lovely!!
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amazing, welcome and have fun, A++
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Ohhhh, like the dark side to this poem!
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Delicate, yet strong, like love. Great poem.
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Very nice and thanks for educating me about Tanka.
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Wonderful imagery! Loved the flow!
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Greetings!
Thanks for the lovely contribution to potluck on week 25,
week 26 is open NOW, we treasury your poetry
And hope to see you in shortly…old poems are welcome!
xoxox
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