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Tanka: Night Walk

27 Sep

dreaming – night walk through
landscapes of otherness
your hand in mine
come, listen to heartbeats
feel my tune, see my thoughts

Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry, similar to Haiku, but older and consisting of max. 5-7-5-7-7 Syllables.

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About Dag Travner

born in Klagenfurt (Austria), living in Vienna, freelance writer of fiction and essays (arts, philosophy, linguistics, politics), translator and indie film-maker.
3 Comments

Posted by on September 27, 2011 in ENGLISH post, fiction, literature

 

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3 Responses to Tanka: Night Walk

  1. Corine Larrier

    September 28, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    “Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love – and to put its trust in life.” ~ Joseph Conrad

     

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