4/7/22: bend
this aubade
I sing through fresh tears
as you leave
who else but lovers know
the cruelty of day?
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Frank J. Tassone 
Indeed daylight is the cruelest time for lovers.
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this prompt suits the tanka form so well – with that question sent like an arrow from the bow
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Who else indeed? Nicely put, Frank!
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Textbook. What a tanka should be, in theory, but in fact better than that due to those stunning last two lines…
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Another winner from the Master. It’s all there, within the modicum of words, within the parameters of a Tanka. Nice one, Frank.
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Thank you, Glenn! 😀
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Great ending.
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Thanks!
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This brief tanka holds a lot of heartache, Frank!
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So many dverse poets used this theme–I think this is one of the most powerful, for its brevity.
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Stunning tanka Frank.
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Thank you, Linda! 😀
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Exqusite!!!
much💜love
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Thank you, Gillena! 😀
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Perfect for a tanka, gorgeously written!
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Thanks, Sara! 😀
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