Tanka challenge 11/17/09
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gurdymonkeyThe first impression
Is all dash and elegance
That delights the eye.
But can he write a poem
That reveals his true merit? ;-D
EDIT: Game on!
Ah, Gracious Beauty
Had not your attention caught
On dye or bearing
Would you wonder if poem
Could issue forth from one? - Takeda Sanjuichiro Akimasa
A waving banner
Is no man, yet it catches
The eye by design.
A man either has true worth
Or merely flaps in the breeze.
Is all dash and elegance
That delights the eye.
But can he write a poem
That reveals his true merit? ;-D
EDIT: Game on!
Ah, Gracious Beauty
Had not your attention caught
On dye or bearing
Would you wonder if poem
Could issue forth from one? - Takeda Sanjuichiro Akimasa
A waving banner
Is no man, yet it catches
The eye by design.
A man either has true worth
Or merely flaps in the breeze.
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Date: 2009-11-17 07:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-11-18 04:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-11-18 05:26 pm (UTC)Or merely flaps in the breeze.
Zing!!!!
Love it.