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Manyoshu Poem for the Japanese Club
Tanka Collection
: Wind Weaver Whispers by Gypsy Blue Rose
If You Would Like To Join the Japanese Poetry Club, please check my author notes

 
 
wind weaver whispers
your name across the land
swooshing and whooshing
as capricious creeks meander
to your thirsty backyard
 
 

 

Author Notes
Capricious = unpredictable

MANYOSHU is the oldest poem collection in Japan in the 8th century. FORM = written in 5 lines with 31 syllables or less. They are dedicated to a loved one ( romantic, missing, losing, or deeply depressed.)
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