Not a Poem, Just excited

http://tankajournal.com/issue.php?id=8&issue=5

Just super stoked right now

My two Tanka were published today.

Whoo-Hoo, It's my first time, so be gentle. 

I posted the link to the online journal if anyone is interested. 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I'm going to copy these here so I can comment more easily:
Waves carry softly
across the treacherous deep
your midnight message
with two lonely hearts waiting
watching a starry sky fade
and
Chilly water runs
down Lonely Mountain Valleys
wrinkled fingers touch
warm lips beneath crystal skies
meeting in translucent pools.

First one: love the alliteration . . . as a whole, it sums up the scene with vivid imagery. Love the straightforward meaning.

Second one: this is more elusive, it seems, leaving gaps for the reader to fill in . . . good imagination as you paint this image & feeling in the reader's mind.

(I've been off this website for a few months & so I've missed reading you . . . congrats on your being published!)

[James]

I'm super excited about it, Thanks. Welcome back. I took a little break from here too.

[Weeping willow]

Congrats to you,that's wonderful news;-]

[emmajoy]

Congratulations, you obviously feel amazing.. and not surprisingl!!!! Here's to the next time.. and then.. the world is your tanka oyster!

[Shannon]

Congratulations!

Did it stoke the writing fire?

[James]

I don't know it's been dead for a while. But it's pretty darned exciting for me. Thanks.

[Ana Papaya]

Congrats James! :)
I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner!

[James]

Thanks,again.