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night touches love, cold as a rose drops like torn hem in slow procession--- till weave of frail petals cloaks my mournful autumnal view. APRIL 2019 PREMIER 3: Brian Strand checked via howmanysyllables.com

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Date: 7/8/2017 5:45:00 AM
Hi Nette. Congrats for your WIN with this finely penned tanka!! :-)
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Date: 7/1/2017 4:32:00 PM
Pleased to see this creative Tanka on the winners' list, Nette. A pleasure to be back with congratulations. Hugs // paul
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Date: 7/1/2017 12:56:00 PM
Beautiful but sad, I especially love the second line Nette:-) congrats on your win:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 7/1/2017 12:32:00 PM
Deliciously written, so rich in layers of imagery. Congratulations!
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Date: 7/1/2017 8:55:00 AM
Great tanka, Nette--CONGRATS on your win! Janice
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Date: 7/1/2017 8:29:00 AM
Congrats, Nette! Wonderful images!
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Date: 7/1/2017 7:37:00 AM
Beautiful picture to go with a wonderful poem...thank you
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Date: 6/30/2017 9:40:00 AM
This is fantastic, so fantastic. Coming to this page feels predestined because I feel so satisfied. Thanks for the wonderful share.
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Date: 6/25/2017 9:48:00 PM
a sad poem expressed dear poet...good luck
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Date: 6/25/2017 7:26:00 PM
Beautiful verse, Nette, good luck ~*
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Date: 6/25/2017 3:06:00 PM
You have expressed this very well , so the reader feels it deeply, nette . Well done :)
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Date: 6/25/2017 2:49:00 PM
Splendid poem but wrenching. You got me all worked up in a nice way!
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Date: 6/25/2017 2:10:00 PM
Sad, touching, yet beautiful, Nette. This wilted rose comes with bountiful inspiration. Hugs // paul
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Date: 6/25/2017 2:08:00 PM
You've eloquently portrayed a desolate scene; sad but beautiful work!
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Date: 6/25/2017 12:45:00 PM
Great imagery. I like best the simile of the torn hem. Good luck,
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Date: 6/25/2017 9:17:00 AM
Very sad, nette. Written with such depth of emotion.
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Date: 6/25/2017 8:47:00 AM
- Beautiful ... sad, Nette - GL in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 6/25/2017 7:50:00 AM
Such terrific imagery nette
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