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Old Friends (tanka)

November 25, 2006 02:35 PM EST

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Silently he watched
weathered hand on gnarled wood
yielding, resisting,
shaped, smoothed, each by the other
rich veins of shared memory

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Comments: 8

Apryl Just Apryl Nov 25, 2006, 3:44pm EST

lovely!

k. l. Nov 25, 2006, 6:00pm EST

sad but sweet

Cheryl C. Nov 25, 2006, 7:10pm EST

Well crafted, sensitive and evokes the parallels of natural existance.

~JOY ~bringing it 2 every1 she knows ;-) H. Nov 26, 2006, 1:10am EST

loved this one

amanda wallin Nov 27, 2006, 9:25am EST

I see a man whittling nostalgia. Gorgeous Mark. Why do you knock youirself?

Edward Nudelman Nov 27, 2006, 5:16pm EST

ah, really beautiful unfolding of idea and image. Lovely Tanks, Mark!

Debbie G. Nov 27, 2006, 8:11pm EST

Very nice.

Sarah A. Appreciates Gather Enforcing TOS Jan 20, 2009, 12:49pm EST

And yet, you don't look like a poet. I love a man with a secret identity...


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