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lonely dreams tanka

Submitted by Barbara Writes on Tue, 2012-04-03 01:02

My friend, yellow lined
Made my lonely dreams come true
Gold collections grew
Images in my minds eye
Gems etched in italic print

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Structured: Eastern
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Editing - rough draft

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weirdelf

Tue, 2012-04-03 01:59

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a lovely tanka.
No crit. Although I hate poems in italics, the metaphor works.

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Jess
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Barbara Writes

Tue, 2012-04-03 11:07

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I like seeing words in italics it has a softness to it. like you mentioned the metaphor work well. Glad you like it

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