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Drum Roll, Please---

a woodpecker drums
     from his perch on the high pole---

       cracks in the silence
          of a sunny afternoon
              echoes through a neighborhood

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/8/2011 7:45:00 PM

Splendid example of tanka. FAVE

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/8/2011 7:45:00 PM

oh, and a belated congrats!

Ralph Taylor

Date: 7/8/2011 4:27:00 PM

Congrats on your 1st Place win, Carrie. Excellent tanka. Nice going. Have a great weekend. luv Ralph

Iolanda Scripca

Date: 7/8/2011 9:28:00 AM

Wonderful Tanka you created, dear Carrie. Congratulations on your great win. Soup mail.

Francine Roberts

Date: 7/8/2011 7:28:00 AM

wonderful tanka Carrie, congrats on your win in the contest

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 7/8/2011 5:46:00 AM

Congrats Carrie on your first place win.. with this lovely creative poetry.. honored to share placement with u..luv..

Elaine George

Date: 7/8/2011 5:24:00 AM

Such a vivid image, dear Carrie. Many congrats on your SUPER WIN , in Brian contest. Love, Lainie

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 7/8/2011 3:59:00 AM

Congratulations on your win Carrie in Brian's contest. Love, Carol

Brian Strand

Date: 3/20/2009 1:12:00 AM

Thank you for your welcome blog comments today Carrie.Rgds Bian

Raul Moreno

Date: 3/19/2009 11:46:00 AM

Woodpeckers are around my house and I relate with this tanka. Great write Carrie capturing this lovely creatures at work...Raul

Christopher Higgins

Date: 3/19/2009 9:03:00 AM

Carrie, I just read yur comments...I wish I could take you with me every where I go....you just make me float..thanks so much.

Hgarvey Daniel Esquire

Date: 3/19/2009 8:33:00 AM

Dear Carrie, A Beautiful Tanka ALWAYS...HG Carrie, YOUR comment on "My Fantasy" has Touched My Heart Very Endearing To me Thank-YOU Ever so Much LOVE YOU...HG

Hgarvey Daniel Esquire

Date: 3/19/2009 7:53:00 AM

Dear Carrie,I have two Families of Woodpeckers in the back of my cabin YOU must have a family of them also for this POEM to be so precise ALWAYS...HG

Sharon Winter

Date: 3/19/2009 5:30:00 AM

Isn't it so amazing the noise those tiny creatures make? Nature is too awesome, and so is your write! Love, Shar

Amy Swanson

Date: 3/19/2009 5:11:00 AM

Love this one, Carrie. :) These little woodpeckers are so adorable, we have some in our yard and yes, like little min-drummers! Of course, the tree probably doesn't think they're as cute as I do-! haha You captured this moment in time perfectly, a written snapshot of nature. :) Love, Amy

Arany P.

Date: 3/19/2009 4:08:00 AM

lovely tanka... this form surely allows this image to be painted so well... ~ Arany

Kristin Reynolds

Date: 3/19/2009 2:02:00 AM

These little guys are always drum-rolling aroun d here, i love it!ove, Kristin...and thanks again for your votes ;)

Brian Strand

Date: 3/19/2009 1:27:00 AM

Perfect last line imagery & sounds Carrie.Rgds Brian

Christopher Higgins

Date: 3/18/2009 6:30:00 PM

Love the title...love the images that goes through my mind as I read this piece...lovely.

Robin L. Gass

Date: 3/18/2009 5:18:00 PM

Awesome Tanka, Carrie! Yesterday afternoon we had a woodpecker across the street and it did "echo" through the neighborhood! The imagery is perfect! Love, Robin

Lena Townsend

Date: 3/18/2009 4:56:00 PM

Excellent write! This is a new form to me but I love the way it reads. Though the sound of them can get annoying when I am trying to rest I love to hear them... crazy, I know. LOL You write with so many vivid images in this short piece I can hear them already! Oh, wait there is someone knocking at my door...LOL just kidding. Well done. Smiles from Lolita