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A New Day
At the rocky edge
I turn to the morning sun
Raise my arms up high
And exhale my yesterdays
Praying for a fresh new day
The new day begins
I am a knotted bundle -
Memories, habits.
But this day is untainted
And I am born again - Blessed
Thank you to Joel Goldsmith,
spiritual writer and mentor
from way back,
who, in his many books,
reminded me
over and over again
over and over again
that each day
brings another fresh
new opportunity
to
become...
become...
and thanks also to Dan
for introducing me
to the Tanka
poetry form
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Dan has suggested that I tell you
about the poetic form of Tanka -
The Tanka is a little like
a stretched out Haiku
We begin with the Haiku format
which has a total of 17 syllables
in three lines:
with a five
seven
five
syllable pattern
and then we tack two further lines
on the end
each of which has 7 syllables.
And there you have it
A Tanka
A lovely and simple form of writing poetry
where brevity is of the essence
and being succinct
captures the spirit
of the writer's intention
in a nutshell
Post Script
Dan has suggested that I tell you
about the poetic form of Tanka -
The Tanka is a little like
a stretched out Haiku
We begin with the Haiku format
which has a total of 17 syllables
in three lines:
with a five
seven
five
syllable pattern
and then we tack two further lines
on the end
each of which has 7 syllables.
And there you have it
A Tanka
A lovely and simple form of writing poetry
where brevity is of the essence
and being succinct
captures the spirit
of the writer's intention
in a nutshell
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