Tanka #7

10 Jan 2013

17 Comments

Tanka #7

Metallic winter
enhanced by rhododendrons
– rejuvenation –
an old woman with grey hair
wearing neon pink lipstick.

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17 thoughts on “Tanka #7”

Graphite Bunny on 10/01/2013 at 6:15 pm said:

Beautiful contrast in images there. X

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- sarahpotterwrites on 11/01/2013 at 12:22 pm said:
  
  Thank you
  Tanka, as a poetic form, is ideal for contemplating contrasts. In the middle of the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure, stands the pivotal “5″, over which you can do a sort of back-flip. I tend to think of it as 5-7 (5) 7-7, where there’s this line in the middle with two pairs of lines on either side.
  
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alarmingman on 10/01/2013 at 11:24 pm said:

I agree with Graphite Bunny

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- sarahpotterwrites on 11/01/2013 at 12:25 pm said:
  
  Thank you for a lovely seconding
  
  Have a look at what I’ve said to Graphite Bunny in my reply to him, which is also my reply to you!
  
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yerpirate on 11/01/2013 at 5:22 pm said:

Backflip!? Oh dear! Looks very technical! Reminds me of a friend of mine who once told me she was determined to grow old disgracefully – gave me a chuckle. She said it while sitting in a half submerged ship in Azerbaijan that served as an illegal bar full of Chechen mafiosi, with a Cuban waitor…’sigh’…I miss those days…..

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- sarahpotterwrites on 13/01/2013 at 3:06 pm said:
  
  …but have you still got the energy for more of “those days” or for “growing old disgracefully”? I’d never have had the courage to do some of the things you’ve done, being more of a gentle eccentric than a daring revolutionary!
  
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  - yerpirate on 13/01/2013 at 9:05 pm said:
    
    You are admired, very much, for your skills and nature. The energy..oh I’ll find some…
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Crowing Crone Joss on 12/01/2013 at 1:21 am said:

I love this.

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- sarahpotterwrites on 13/01/2013 at 1:02 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Joss It made me smile as I was writing it!
  
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David Kanigan on 12/01/2013 at 11:52 am said:

Lovely Sarah.

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- sarahpotterwrites on 13/01/2013 at 12:57 pm said:
  
  Thanks David
  
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Aurora HSP on 14/01/2013 at 10:39 am said:

I LOVE this one, sweet Sarah! Beautiful brightness in motion

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- sarahpotterwrites on 15/01/2013 at 7:41 pm said:
  
  Thank you, dear Janice I seem to remember you like pink.
  
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  - Aurora HSP on 16/01/2013 at 5:00 am said:
    
    I do have a thing for pink now! I couldn’t wear it much when I was younger but something’s changed and I can wear pinks now (old skin, lol, I dunno What a memory you have, see you again soon xo
nightlake on 04/02/2013 at 12:50 am said:

comparing the enhancements to an old woman..very interesting

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- sarahpotterwrites on 04/02/2013 at 5:02 pm said:
  
  My mother wears lipstick that colour, although, very lucky for her, she still doesn’t have grey hair. She is also very beautiful. I think a splash of colourful pink lipstick enlivens and enhances a mature face, while cosmetic surgery slowly deadens it and removes character. Lines are fine.
  
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