Exceptional Gogyohka Japanese Poem Tanka Collection : Loon's Melancholic Songs by Gypsy Blue Rose

in the longest night of winter, loon sings melancholic songs drizzled with anguish-filled notes — in solidarity, I drench my pillow crying along         Recognized Author Notes Fiction Loons make a mournful sound. When darkness falls, Loons make wolf-like wails that are haunting GOGYOHKA is a five-line free-style Japanese poetic form with no strict rules on syllables count but as brief as possible. Any theme. Lines are grammatically connected. Alliteration, personification, and metaphor are okay but never rhyme. Japanese poets have written gogyohka since the 1910s. However, they did not name the form until 1983 by poet Enta Kusakabe. wikipediafor more info click here Thank you for taking the time to read and review my poem. Gypsy Word Weaver "Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." - Kahlil Gibran

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