deep in dew,
in faraway Spanish hills,
red poppies grow —
I reminisce where dreams dwell
of a child's plan to explore
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Author Notes
I grew up in Spain and moved to America on my 16th birthday. As a child, I dreamed about moving to California, where my aunt lived.
TANKA is a Japanese poetic form written in 31 syllables or less. The Japanese form is 5/7/5/7/7 but in English, it's usually shorter than that due to the difference in Japanese and English syllables. The form was created 1,300 years ago in the Imperial Court where lovers would exchange tanka after a night together. With tanka, you can write about any subject you chose. You may use poetic devices: personification, metaphor, alliteration, and simile are permitted in Tanka. Keep capitalization and punctuation to a minimum. No end rhymes. === click here if you want to read modern tanka examples === click here to read Tanka Society of America === click here if you want to read modern tanka rules
Thank you very much for your time and kind review.
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." --Atticus
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