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About This Poem

May Fresh

rainy days in May
flowers  bloom and scents the air
mixture of colors 
carpeted the wider fields
green mountains and hills are laid




Written:
Oct. 11, 2012



Fifth Place Winner
Contest: Single Tanka
Judged: 10/11/2012      12:00:00 AM
Poet Sponsor: Black Eyed Susan


Fourth Place Winner
Contest: Tanka (Season) 
Judged: 10/23/2012
Poet Sponsor: Nathan -  -D

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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 3/2/2013 5:32:00 AM
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    Fresh fresh fresh...love your beautiful heart and pen.;-) "Mmmm did you say dinner. .. I will have breakfast in a few hours. Wish you could join me with a midmornig frappe' hope u enjoy your dinner. .. luv..pd"
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    Caleb Smith
    Date: 2/14/2013 9:23:00 AM
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    Beautiful piece, Leonora...
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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 2/6/2013 6:57:00 PM
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    Hello Leonora, how are you? missing you already :-)... thought I'd stop by to say hi and thank you for my many soup mail... I am also happy to see you top this poem in Susan's tanka contest. Today has been a rainy day here in Texas.. i wish i was not sad, and then maybe i would have enjoyed God's blessing today... always~ LINDA
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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 1/5/2013 10:03:00 PM
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    Hi Leo, I was thinking about ... soup-mail...pd
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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 12/28/2012 3:30:00 PM
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    Hello Lovely Leonora Libramate.. LOL.. that is (LLL) stopping by to say hi, and wish you lived in my time zone.. I assume you are snoring right now. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZ,,, ZZZ,, jk,,,, it's 4:29 RIGHT ABOUT NOW down here in the lower side of Texas... love this tanka all over again. wish we had green of hills here.. it's all brown.. :-(... anyways, thought I'd stop by to say hi.. always your sis in the pen...PD
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    craig cornish
    Date: 10/25/2012 8:27:00 PM
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    Leonora, Belated congrats on your well deserved win!
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    Joseph May
    Date: 10/25/2012 5:40:00 AM
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    congrats on your win Leonora
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    Connie Marcum Wong
    Date: 10/24/2012 11:58:00 PM
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    Congratulations on your lovely entry placing with top honors Leonora. Bravo!
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 10/24/2012 3:24:00 PM
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    very nicely done, Leonora! Big congrats to you in the contest.
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    Anne Lise Andresen
    Date: 10/24/2012 3:20:00 PM
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    Contest results .... you won, congratulations. oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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    Carol Sunshine Brown
    Date: 10/24/2012 5:58:00 AM
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    Congratulations on your placement in Nathan's "Tanka (Season)" contest Leonora. Love, Carol
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    Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
    Date: 10/24/2012 4:53:00 AM
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    Congratulations once more on another fine win Leonora xx
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    Linda-Marie SweetHeart
    Date: 10/23/2012 11:58:00 PM
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    CONGRATS LEONORA ON A LOVELY WRITE AND WIN FOR MAY MY FAVORITE MONTH LUV ..
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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 10/23/2012 6:49:00 PM
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    HI LEO,,,MY SISIE-POOH, CONGRATULATIONS !!! :-) enjoyed your wonderful poem in Nathan's "Tanka (Season)" contest... take care~xox~PD
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    Sara Kendrick
    Date: 10/23/2012 5:27:00 PM
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    Great descriptive season tanka..Congrats on your win..Sara
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    Michael J. Falotico
    Date: 10/18/2012 3:20:00 PM
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    Congrats on a beautiful piece and win!!
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    Sara Kendrick
    Date: 10/18/2012 6:21:00 AM
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    Excellent flow, rhyme, and rhythm..I am glad that I chose this one to read today..Here we are going away from May only to look forward to seeing another one..Yours reads like a lovely May to remember..Thanks for stopping by..Sara
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    Debbie Guzzi
    Date: 10/17/2012 10:42:00 AM
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    a lovely image portrayed above. tanka is like haiku in that capitalization is primarily used for proper nouns, Congrad's Light & Love

    Galinta Avatar Leonora Galinta Date: 10/17/2012 5:16:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    thank you so much, Deb.
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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 10/15/2012 8:02:00 PM
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    Hello Leo, stopping by to say hi, and read your tanka,,, are you still in camp?? wondering!!!!! I like this poem, the rainy image left behind beauty to come.. love it... hoping to hear from you...xox~pd
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    nette onclaud
    Date: 10/15/2012 2:45:00 AM
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    wonderful all the way, leonora.. congrats with huggs!..:)
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    Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
    Date: 10/14/2012 4:30:00 AM
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    Big congrats from Spain xx
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    Lee Ramage
    Date: 10/13/2012 10:30:00 PM
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    Nice tanka, congratulations on your win. Lee
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    olusegun Arowolo
    Date: 10/13/2012 4:24:00 PM
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    Lovely piece with wonderful images,Nora...Congratulations on your superb win in this contest.......Love O.A
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    kash poet
    Date: 10/12/2012 8:31:00 AM
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    Beautiful write here Leonora.Congrats on your win in the contest.
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    Yesha Shah
    Date: 10/12/2012 5:29:00 AM
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    Leonora, loved the write...Congrats on your great win with this beautiful Tanka!
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 10/12/2012 12:32:00 AM
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    It does create a very fresh and lovely picture, Leonora. Congrats for the winner's list of Susan's contest!
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    Maria Paz Samelo
    Date: 10/11/2012 8:02:00 PM
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    congrats friend Norie for winning your awesome poem...cheers!!!(^_^)
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    Suzette Crous
    Date: 10/11/2012 1:12:00 PM
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    Congratulations on your win, Leonora. Love, Su
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    Carol Sunshine Brown
    Date: 10/11/2012 12:51:00 PM
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    A well earned congratulations on your win in Susan's "Single Tanka" contest Leonora. Love, Carol
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    Wilma Neels
    Date: 10/11/2012 11:55:00 AM
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    Leonora, this is a beauty, really enjoyed your imagery here ;) hope you had a good week thus far!
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