Beat Down by Tanya Harrington

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/24/2012 3:39:00 PM

good job, Tanya, and I enjoyed reading this one. Congrats in the contest.

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 10/24/2012 5:42:00 AM

Congratulations on your win in ~SKAT~'s "TANKA ME" contest Tanya. It is an honor to share placement with you. Love, Carol

Linda-Marie SweetHeart

Date: 10/24/2012 3:33:00 AM

CONGRATS TANYA ON A FABULOUS WRITE AND WIN LUV .. VIBRANT WORDS .. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR AWESOME CONTEST .. ENTERING SHORTLY ..

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 10/23/2012 7:07:00 PM

TANYA, congratulations with your "Tanka me this, Tanka me that, Tanka me any poem you want :-) LOL.... what a title.. Love it and enjoyed stopping by all my sisters tanka winners... good night... LUV~PD

Leonora Galinta

Date: 10/23/2012 3:14:00 PM

Big congratulations on your awesome win, Tanya! hugs:)LG

Ruben O.

Date: 10/23/2012 2:21:00 PM

Kudos on your win, Tanya! Another win for this piece. Ruben.

S. K. A. T.

Date: 10/23/2012 2:13:00 PM

TANYA, Congrats on your win' luv * Siddy

Leonora Galinta

Date: 10/17/2012 6:39:00 PM

A well-done tanka which really deserved its win my dear Tanya. My hearty congratulations!!!! hugs:) Leonora

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 10/17/2012 10:40:00 AM

Alot going on in this short write! [inside and outside the human being] Congrad's Light & Love

Tanya Harrington

Date: 10/16/2012 12:54:00 PM

Thank you everyone for the congrats. I 'assume' that something must have gone awry with the computer or the site for SKAT's winners list. I would like to see the other winners! :)

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 10/16/2012 12:48:00 PM

Congratulations on your win in ~SKAT'S~ contest Tanya. Love, Carol

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 10/15/2012 8:50:00 PM

wow.. I'm shocked my sister only picked one winner,, congrats on your win..xox~pd

Black Eyed Susan

Date: 10/15/2012 8:56:00 AM

good one! congrats on being the only winner :)

Lee Ramage

Date: 10/13/2012 6:52:00 PM

excellent poem, seems a terrible situation. Well done and congratulations on the only winner of this contest. Lee

olusegun Arowolo

Date: 10/13/2012 4:27:00 PM

Awesome and nice piece,Tanya..Congratulations on your superb win in this contest.....

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/13/2012 4:18:00 PM

Great work..Enjoyed reading..Sara

Charles Henderson

Date: 10/13/2012 9:56:00 AM

It is said that originally haiku and tanka did rhyme. However, reading rhyme is an entirely different thought process than reading material which makes you think. Over the years poets dropped the amusing rhyme for the more intellectual comment style of writing. Is not a sin to employ the rhyme if you can maintain the complex thought process the poem is trying to project. However most writers can not do this effectively because one can only have one dominant thought at a time.

Suzette Crous Date: 10/19/2012 3:00:00 AM

? Rhyming in Japanese (and even employing meter) would have been insipid.... as per the reason stated below... I'm just curious, Charles, as to your statement here.

Tanya Harrington Date: 10/16/2012 12:55:00 PM

Thanks, I think. LOL

Gail DeBole

Date: 10/13/2012 5:27:00 AM

Hi Tanya - Your poem is inspiring me to try a creating a poem in this form. Like the imagery very much. I can see you protecting what is the essence of you from whatever it is that is trying to keep you down. - Gail

Tanya Harrington Date: 10/16/2012 12:56:00 PM

Glad to foster inspiration. Thank you.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/13/2012 2:07:00 AM

Tanya, it's a strange winners list. YOu are the only winner but at third place, well, congratulations. At least I got to see this was here!!

Ruben O.

Date: 10/13/2012 12:52:00 AM

Congratulations on your WIN!! : ) A rhymed Tanka! Wow!

Maria Paz Samelo

Date: 10/13/2012 12:17:00 AM

Congrats on your win Tanya :)

Joann Grisetti

Date: 10/12/2012 1:11:00 PM

Congratulations. You must be the only one she is not mad at for something, but still, a well deserved win.

Suzette Crous

Date: 10/12/2012 9:00:00 AM

I know that ~Skat~ is strict, but this takes the cake. Congratulations on your third place win and the only winner on the list nominated.... LOVE this tanka! The emotions are raw yet well contained... Love, Su

Suzette Crous Date: 10/12/2012 9:04:00 AM

Although it rhymes, it does not detract from the poem... Same as in haiku, it would be frowned upon. BTW The reason why Japanese poetry is never written in rhyme is that they only have five vowels.... It is, also, the reason why it has no set metre... It would be insipid to do rhyme.... Just a tit-bit of information :-)

Joann Grisetti

Date: 10/11/2012 3:19:00 PM

Power and fragility. Good write. And I like your avatar photo.

Russell Sivey

Date: 10/11/2012 12:21:00 PM

A fabulous write yet again my friend! You are cruising with these Tankas, doing very well I might add! I really enjoyed this awesome poem, the power exuded within is tremendous! What a surely great piece, Excellent Work!!

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