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Illusive Beauty (Tanka) | Literary Diaries

Illusive Beauty (Tanka)

Written by merdivinity in Joseph Bryant

Illusive Beauty

by JOSEPH BRYANT (Italian Stallion)

Illusive beauty:
a vividly portrayed dream,
surrounded by thoughts
of crisp pale blossomed flowers
and a mosaic sunset.

 

© Copyright 2009 By: Italian Stallion

*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) The 5/7/5/7/7 rule is rumored to have been made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry.

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