Ilan Pang Tangka Sa Tanka
watching the leaves
touching damp earth
I walk on, (pondering)—
how graceful they fall
so unlike me
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feathered silence
folded in paper
tickled—
with the sound
of your laughter
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holding the plum bowl
glass shatters
as my fingers slip
my heart
along with it
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listening
in entomology class
I yawn….
swallowing
a mosquito
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creased with silence
letting go
of that paper boat—
I write your name
in water
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a few (ilan) of my attempts (tangka) at writing some tanka some time ago, they
probably don't even qualify as tanka? these aren't related with each other
though...
Also me just trying to see if formatting will hold this time? The other day when
I tried it, it did (even from Word) now, even from notepad, the formatting is all
aligned to the left? Lemme see center now if it stays as centered (ok, it actually
does). But aligning it to the right doesn't seem to stay though?
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