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Roadside/ Strassenrand/ Cerca De Calle

The roadside linden trees Disperse their wilted blossoms Onto grey asphalt Abstract paintings in ochre and grey Changing vision of natrure's great art ------------------------------------------------ Die Linden am Strassenrand Verstreuen ihre verdörrten Blüten Auf grauen Asphalt Abstrakte Bilder in Ocker und Grau Wechselnder Anblick der Natur ------------------------------------------------ Los tilos cerca de calle Esparcen sus flores marchitas Al asfalto gris Pinturas abstractos en ocre y gris Vista variable de gran arte de naturaleza

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/26/2011 9:44:00 PM

congratulations on your round one advancing with this tanka, Gert!

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 3/9/2011 10:24:00 AM

Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one of PoetrySoup's contest. The best to you in the finals Gert. Love Carol

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 3/7/2011 3:49:00 PM

wow YOU are the definition of literate! on to round two you BIG winner! Light & Love

Janette Fisher

Date: 3/7/2011 12:41:00 PM

Many congrats on your first round success Gert - luv Janette

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 2/18/2011 12:50:00 PM

Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Gert. Love, Carol

Daver Austin

Date: 2/17/2011 9:07:00 AM

I like this impressionist piece mucho, Gert. Congrats on the selection. Love, Dave

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 2/13/2011 8:57:00 PM

Congrats Gert on your featured poem this week on the Soup.. a great one to share with us all my friend with luv...

Juan Paolo Galua

Date: 7/23/2010 4:51:00 AM

thanks for the beauty u shared...^_^ v

Elaine George

Date: 7/15/2010 12:50:00 PM

Such a sartling contrast between nature and what manhind does to nature. Another great Tanka, dear Gert. Love, Lainie

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 7/14/2010 1:43:00 AM

Hi Gert! Thanks for your comments-- do you know it was so timely that I took a pic of that flowering mango tree?? We had a major typhoon last night & all those flowers are probably gone by now... :( --- will send it to you soon... enjoy your day! -- nikko :)

Caroline Cécile Delacroix

Date: 7/13/2010 11:11:00 PM

Interesting content in this well written Tanka, Gert! Thanks for sharing. Caroline.

Jessica Arteaga

Date: 7/13/2010 8:38:00 PM

me encanta, love what your doing here gert c:

Wilma Neels

Date: 7/13/2010 12:26:00 PM

Hey Gert, me again, just to let you know if I don't sleep tonight I might just try your out your nightcap theory :)

Scarlett Sepulvado Anderson

Date: 7/13/2010 5:30:00 AM

Lovely poem. Loved the last two lines especially. Have a wonderful day! Scarlett

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 7/12/2010 1:17:00 PM

aha-- "kalye" that's how we call our roads-- derived from the Spanish word yet again although "daan" is another more Filipino word for it-- enjoyed the images you put here, lots of trees on the side of the road, must be really pretty :) thanks for your email btw --will reply to it later :) & yup, Martes is Tuesday for us too! :) --nikko :)

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 7/12/2010 12:54:00 PM

Your words are always dynamic to read Gert.. when do my Italian lessons begin? am leaving for Calabria, Italy on August 14th until the 31st with my LUV for his food show business and to see friends who live there in the olive oil business.. I got as far as Arrividerci.. how about.. its so nice to see u .. and u are looking well.. and what a lovely home u have.. and the scenery is beautiful.. to start.. with luv..

Wilma Neels

Date: 7/12/2010 12:50:00 PM

Stunning imagery you got here Gert. So you hang around on Youtube as well? hehe Enjoy the week ahead, Wilma

Diiamond Rich

Date: 7/12/2010 11:24:00 AM

Enjoyed this poetry today and will read more, thank you for your sopportive comments on my last, please check out my recent Criminals part 3 of course Fiction. Have a great day.

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 7/12/2010 10:20:00 AM

pretty descriptions!! enjoyed...I just made a wonderful meal...Peach, tender green beans out of my garden, baby squash, lemon, carrot and lobster sauteed with spices...oh yummy!!

Sharon Tideswell

Date: 7/12/2010 9:00:00 AM

Hi Gert, this is a beautiful tanka. I can really visualise those blossom petals scattered over the road. (just an extra 'r' sneaked in to 'nature'). How is Paul the octopus doing? He was right again? I'm going to visit him with some molluscs and the lottery numbers ~ Sharon :) PS the guy with the parachute IS the take-away ;)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/11/2010 5:37:00 PM

Another beauty, keep them rolling in, Gert! Luv, Andrea

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 7/11/2010 9:43:00 AM

Oh, I hate to see those blossoms fall, Gert, but as you say, they create a collage on the streets that can be breathtaking! Beautiful poem that translates well in both German and Spanish -- can get the gist in each. Well done, my friend! Love, Carolyn

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 7/11/2010 9:23:00 AM

nature gives all sorts of things to capture,, enjoyed this one..P.D.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 7/11/2010 9:16:00 AM

Reads like an interesting picture...Who was the artist and the name of the painting..Seems like I may have viewed it.Good luck in the contest if an entry..Should be in the winners' circle...Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comment...Sara