equal for all
drops from the mayor's lips
I remember
fuck is a dirty word
that comes out clean
drops from the mayor's lips
I remember
fuck is a dirty word
that comes out clean
Note: This tanka is written in the style of Onihishigitei (demon-quelling force), a style that is characterized by its “strong or even vulgar diction.” (Robert H. Brower, "Fujiwara Teika's Maigetsusho," Monumenta Nipponica, 40:4, Winter, 1985, p.406). Here are tanka examples:
I cut off
my goddamn finger
to numb
my goddamn pain
snow falling on snow ...
NeverEnding Story, May 8, 2013
using few words
I carve the long face
of my critic
with bleeding eyes...
this Good Friday night
Atlas Poetica, 15, July 2013
