Sanctuary

Place of refuge. The asylum in my head, Transports each sadness Into my safe place – There, imagination rules. © Dane Smith-Johnsen 9/25/2010 Research References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry)#Tanka 5,7,5,7,7 http://tankaonline.com/From%20the%20Man'yoshu%20essay.htm “…contemporary tanka are much freer in conent and in word usage than classical waka, and there is now greater room for individual creativity within the conventional framework of the form….”