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Tanka 6

Tanka 6 hot summer garden brown asparagus... okra... bird-pecked tomatoes no delicacies this year to counter winter’s cold breath

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/8/2013 10:13:00 PM
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Fantastic, you gave us a picture and then sent us to the future. Love the imagery here.
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Jack Jordan
Date: 8/9/2013 7:47:00 AM
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Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately, it's all true... Jack
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Charlotte Puddifoot
Date: 8/8/2013 4:39:00 PM
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hi jack, thanks for your kind comments on all three of my poems, lizzie siddal was addicted to laudanum...re your tanka here, it's very atmospheric and vivid and captures beautifully the contrast between summer and winter, love those "bird-pecked tomatoes" and love the last line too :)
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Jack Jordan
Date: 8/8/2013 4:42:00 PM
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I did enjoy your poems, and I appreciate your comments here. However, I really don't like the bird pecks. Jack
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Date: 8/8/2013 12:33:00 AM
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Jack, a wonderful tanka, okra, nice way of poet-ing the veggie.. :-) linda
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Jack Jordan
Date: 8/8/2013 7:40:00 AM
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Got to do something with it. Thanks for the comment about the tanka... Jack
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Donna Jones
Date: 8/7/2013 3:26:00 PM
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I hear ya Jack.....and all that work....
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Jack Jordan
Date: 8/7/2013 3:30:00 PM
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I've decided to just let it go and see what happens.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/7/2013 2:40:00 PM
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I LIKES IT!!!! especially that last line!
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Jack Jordan
Date: 8/7/2013 3:29:00 PM
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It's discouraging, to say the least.

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