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: Aquamarine Sky by Gypsy Blue Rose
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aquamarine sky

captured in your soulful eyes
 
where I lost my heart

          sailing through seas of time

          to touch your velvety sienna  skin
 
 


 

Author Notes
TANKA is a Japanese unrhymed poem having about 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines. The first English-speaking poets imitated the Japanese models of 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure in five lines, but because Japanese syllables are shorter than English syllables the poems were too wordy and choppy. The beginning two lines are descriptive and image-focused, and the third line serves as a transition to the bottom two lines which are reflective using metaphor, simile, or personification. The subject matter varies, but most tanka are emotionally stirring or profound, and many are about love. Tanka originated in the seventh century in the Japanese Imperial Court, where women and men engaged in courtship. 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
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Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." - Novalis

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