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A Tanka of Lament

gone is the sweet rose freshly bloomed, so radiant oh, flower named youth your season has quickly fled autumn's frost is upon me Written Sept 28, 2016

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Joseph May

Date: 5/16/2017 5:05:00 PM

Congrats on your win Andrea

Carole Duet

Date: 5/16/2017 12:32:00 PM

What a great little poem, Andrea, and congratulations on your win.

Sandra Haight

Date: 5/16/2017 9:36:00 AM

So much said in so few well-chosen words, Andrea. Yes...that 'autumn frost'...how quickly it comes. Congratulations on your first place win in the contest. 7 Hugs, Sandra

Janice Canerdy

Date: 5/16/2017 8:57:00 AM

Reflective and beautiful, Andrea--Congrats on your well-deserved win! Janice

Agnes Krampe

Date: 5/16/2017 7:04:00 AM

beautiful tanka, Andrea. Congrats on your win. I missed this when you first posted it, so I am glad to see it resurface.

Jack Horne

Date: 10/17/2016 6:33:00 AM

powerful one here, my friend

Darren White

Date: 10/10/2016 4:22:00 AM

This is a beautiful Tanka. I like the play with the letter f here too. As well as the nostalgia and melancholy

Daver Austin

Date: 10/4/2016 11:33:00 AM

I know you were thinking of Old Dave when you wrote this one. Only thing rosy about old Dave, though, is his nose. Thinking of you always. Love, Dave

Joanna Daniel

Date: 10/4/2016 9:16:00 AM

Very nice tanka, though sad, you have described the passage of time aptly:) congratulations on your win:)

James Inman

Date: 10/4/2016 6:59:00 AM

Great write Andrea, the flow is beautiful. I must admit though, watching the struggles of my two daughters, I'm almost glad I'm getting old.

Robert Warlov

Date: 10/3/2016 6:01:00 AM

Very beautful, but consider this faith: Every season has its reason.

Kash Poet

Date: 10/2/2016 12:37:00 PM

Very Sad Tanka here Andrea.Congratulations :)

Alexis Y.

Date: 10/2/2016 11:43:00 AM

Hi Andrea, This is a good "Tanka". Congratulations on your win. It was well deserved:-)Alexis

Sunita U.D Palawon

Date: 10/2/2016 11:36:00 AM

You did so well with this tanka! :) Congrats!

Scott Thirtyseven

Date: 10/2/2016 9:09:00 AM

Oh yeah, now that's tanka. May this beauty bring you luck in the contest.

Scott Thirtyseven
Date: 10/2/2016 9:10:00 AM

Oops I see it already had, as it should :)

Moon Flower

Date: 10/2/2016 5:05:00 AM

Well done, Andrea. It was so refreshing to read your Tanka. Congrats! ;)

Laura Leiser

Date: 10/1/2016 11:48:00 PM

Wonderful lament, Andrea! Congrats on your win :)

Joseph May

Date: 10/1/2016 7:40:00 PM

Congrats on your win Andrea!

Jean Murray

Date: 10/1/2016 6:56:00 PM

Beautiful lament for lost youth. Well done.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 10/1/2016 6:47:00 PM

This is a really beautiful metaphorical celebration of youth and beauty and a lament of how quickly it fades and we become old. I love it Andrea and I really hope this one places high! 7 : )

Afolabi Muideen

Date: 10/1/2016 5:20:00 PM

Congrats on your win. You penned these piece so excellent.......A.M.

Sandra Haight

Date: 10/1/2016 4:14:00 PM

A sad lamentation so metaphorically expressed, Andrea. Congratulations on your placement in the contest. Hugs, Sandra

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 10/1/2016 2:55:00 PM

Congrats my dear...Alas, I've passed autumn and am heading into winter...haha. BG

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 10/1/2016 2:49:00 PM

Another seven!

Caycay Jennings

Date: 9/30/2016 11:35:00 PM

Isn't it the pits? This may be my favorite tanka ever because those 5 lines are loaded with my personal thoughts and feelings ... CayCay p.s. I regret the silence that I hope to remedy soon!