Meeting and Departing ⛩️

TANKA, a dusted-off selection from the archives some might still enjoy.

Author's Note

Artwork from Google Images

"SADNESS IS"
"There are sweet relationships both know are not to be ⁓
yet, for one (or both) it can be arduous to let go.
May you always dance upon soft winds."

TANKA
(short song)
For courtship between men and women
Oldest of Japanese poetry (600 AD)
Predates Haiku by 1000 years
Syllable count: 5-7-5-7-7
Creator is unknown
Sans rhyme

Please, offer any honest critique that's believed will better this work.
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Reviews

[mou]

Tanka is one of my favorite forms of poetries. Richard, you've painted the emotions with some beautiful, soft, unalloyed words. It feels like a karmic pull. I too have felt it somewhere. Anyway, nowadays I'm trying not to read too much between some hollow lines of this world. Great write!
-mou.

[Richard🖌]

Namasté, Mou ⛩

I shall take a stroll through your portfolio to read and review your Tanka … it's great to find another Japanese stylist here at the Café.
That our mutual karma meets through poetry makes sharing my work with you a true pleasure … like a sort of welcome homecoming.

Thank you for your graciously encouraging compliments, too, Dear Poetess....
May the sky smile warmly down upon You! ⁓ Richard🖌

[mou]

'... like a sort of welcome homecoming...' oh thank you so much, Richard. It feels so warm in your kind and gracious welcome. I'd love to read more of your thoughts and kindness. Blessed be..
-mou

[Richard🖌]

My thoughts and kindness are yours, Mou 🙏

[Kim S.]

I really enjoy a good Tanka, of course this one is amazing.
Love the emotions you presented in yours.
very well written.

[Richard🖌]

Aw, Dear Kim 🥀🐝

How truly wonderful it is to receive the warmth of your gracious praise and expressions of enjoyment.
That you "Love" any part of my humble poetic efforts is sheer inspiration, beyond mere words.

I cannot thank you enough, Dear Poetess! ⁓ Richard🖌

[poetgurl]

Love the print type you used for this wonderful write. Enjoyable read

[Richard🖌]

Thank you, PG 🌻

For loving anything about my humble poetic efforts.
You should try the Tanka … I know you'd create a poetic beauty. : )

I love it that you enjoyed this one! ⁓ Richard🖌

[Poetic Beauty]

The beginning and the end. The middle is where all the magic happens

[Richard🖌]

Thank you, Dear PB 🍒

Your words … no more familiarly knowing truth was ever spoken.

May you enjoy many magical "middle" moments! ⁓ Richard🖌

[Poetic Beauty]

Smiles thank you. The middles are amazing if we take a moment to let go enjoy them

[Richard🖌]

Carpe diem, dear lady-poet!

[June bug]

LOVE TANKA FORM....
This is remarkable. Much enjoyed. I love the shape of the writing.
This is a wonderful write.

[Richard🖌]

Thank you again, Lady JB 🐞

Your graciously generous compliments inspire a bard's joyful pleasures, enriching his most fervent hopes with sincere gratitude.

With brightest blessings! ～ Richard🖌

[Susan 🦋]

How can some words be so beautifully sad? As in the meeting and departing... perhaps, more so in the knowing. Yet, those that touch our lives in such wonderful ways, truly never depart. It seems to be that we hold those moments close, they comfort us, and forever cherish what was gifted. Sometimes things don't turn out they way we want them to. Sometimes we have to settle for the little gifts. :) Aww what a Tanka! Beautifully written with every felt word... perfected illustrated. Heart-tugging little Sunday morning read. :-)

[Richard🖌]

Dear Susan🍀

It never ceases to amaze how clearly and completely you always grasp the core substance of whatever my battered old pen has created and laid upon the page.
Yet, it's not only how you perceive poetic truth, it's in the many ways you expand it to twice its size in essence and significance.
Your keen, intuitive mind is, indeed, a Godly wonder … not to mention your own masterful poetic skills.

I am so glad you've shared with me for almost a decade … thank you, Susan ⁓ Richard🍀