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A #Tanka for A Month with Yeats: Day 18

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 The origin of will o' the wisp (1891) (14595519597)

The Origin of Will O’ The Wisp, 1891, Wikimedia Commons

‘The dews drop slowly and dreams gather;’ —W.B. Yeats

Evening dew

crystalline in winter cold

under a pale moon

Will she be here at first light,

or does the dream die at dawn?

 

 

for Jane Dougherty’s A Month with Yeats: Day 18

Categories: haikai, haiku community

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Published by Frank J. Tassone

Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!

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