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lonely dreams tanka

My friend, yellow lined
Made my lonely dreams come true
Gold collections grew
Images in my minds eye
Gems etched in italic print

About This Poem

Style/Type: Structured: Eastern

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Billy Collins, Shakespeare, , Emily Dickinson, , , Whitman, Jess Tapper

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weirdelf

weirdelf

13 years 3 months ago

Exquisitely etched

a lovely tanka.
No crit. Although I hate poems in italics, the metaphor works.

Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

13 years 3 months ago

thanks

I like seeing words in italics it has a softness to it. like you mentioned the metaphor work well. Glad you like it