Winter Play (Tanka)

by Sylvia   Feb 16, 2010


Snowflake tornado,
fragile crystals swirling round,
thrill the child in me.
Making snowangels on a
crisp winter day, pure heaven.

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Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)

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  • 14 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    Snowflake tornado,
    fragile crystals swirling round

    ^^ I like this opening lines, it created a
    lovely image in my mind of a snow tornado..
    very nicely done!

  • 14 years ago

    by Christopher Wry

    Well done nice imagery.

  • 14 years ago

    by Cindy

    Sylvia
    You know I'm loving this piece :)
    Great job!

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