the neighbor's garden
fading into moonlit dark
a foreclosure sign
fading into moonlit dark
a foreclosure sign
Added:
three glasses down
the lingering smell
of his apology
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CII: "between fireballs"
calm between fireballs ...
moonlit ravens' kraa-kraa-kraa
darkening
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CIII: "Israeli settler"
First Three-Line Visual Tanka
under slate-gray skies
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a settler aims his gun | a boy throws his rock
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tank track marks on the grass
FYI: The "single vertical line" has become the standard format for tanka written by the Japanese poets since the latter half of the 19th century; However, Ishikawa Takuboku, author of Poems to Eat and Romaji Diary and Sad Toys, advocated for and started writing two or three lines, depending on the rhythm of each tanka. For more, see Hiroaki Sato, “Lineation of Tanka in English Translation,” 42 Monumenta Nipponica 3:347-56, Autumn 1987.
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CIV: "scream after scream"
a scythe of lightning
in Beirut's smoky orange sky
scream after scream cut off
FYI: Reuters, Oct. 6: UN refugee chief says airstrikes in Lebanon have violated humanitarian law
