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Tanka Feb 8

chill breath of dawn lights upon my window-pane- nighttimes promises freeze into crystal NOTE:Essentially a tanka in English is a 3 line hiku(SHOW)& a 2 line couplet (TELL) comment

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Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 2/9/2022 4:19:00 PM

What a beautiful Tanka, Brian! Thank you for the notes - now I know how it is supposed to be. To my faves. BW ~ Mala

Sam Kauffman

Date: 2/8/2022 11:55:00 AM

"Nighttimes promises freeze into crystal" - what a wonderful "tell" Brian. So masterfully written and so vividly articulated. A fav for me! Blessings of joy to you. Also, thank you for the clarification of the tanka form!