Dr. Upma A. Sharma Poet Tanka

Receding Shoreline

Receding Shoreline





Throbbing heartbeats rise,
Patience draws a line in the sand,
Tears swallow my pride,
Turbulence persuades the tides,
Anguish engulfs the shoreline !






Tanka- 5/7/5/7/7
Written April 1st, 2015
For contest "One new tanka" by Rick Parise

Now entered for " enter contest name" by Giorgio A.V.

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James Fraser April 2, 2015 at 1:25 PM Wonderful images, message in your words Upma. I agree with Sara, it's a winner in my eyes, James :)

Sara Kendrick April 2, 2015 at 8:38 AM Reads like a winner to me..Way to go..I like the like patience draws a line in the sand..I totally understand that..Thanks for the visit to my page..If we only knew what the 2000 year old Olive had heard in the garden..Sara

Paul Callus April 2, 2015 at 4:07 AM Top marks for this lovely Tanka, Upma. Love how "Patience draws a line in the sand"; the end line is great! #7 // I wish you a blessed and happy Easter. // paul

Andrea Dietrich April 1, 2015 at 11:15 PM really love that last line: anguish engulfs the shoreline!

Barbara Gorelick April 1, 2015 at 8:52 PM Very nice dr Upma..A lot to think about in this piece. Bg