loss seems forever
in darkness beyond desire
new needs awaken
one heart touches another
the beauty of new love born
Starting as a senryū, this tanka is my response to
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge
No. 135 #SynonymsOnly, which offers pretty and ugly as prompt words.
I have used “beauty” and “darkness” as synonyms.
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beautiful!
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Thank you!
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I like it. First line is the reality of life. And the rest is Hope. Faith Hope and Love – but the greatest of these is hope.
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Thank you, John. We are meant to aspire.
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Lovely, Ken. Another way of looking at the cycle of life–loss to love and on and on.
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Thank you, Merril. 🙂
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I like how you put “new needs awaken” in the center. It is what often drives a person to move on. Good poem.
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Thank you, Lisa.
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You are welcome, Ken.
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Excellent Tanka, Ken. I too, love that you put the “change agent” “new needs awaken” as the pivot. Powerful writing! ❤
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Thank you, Colleen. Living in the past gets you nowhere.
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Yet, sometimes it seems that is the hardest hurdle to get over. I really loved this Tanka. ❤
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🙂
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