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after moon


under a harvest moon
i traced each curve and bone
alabaster smooth
a dream dried and crushed
by autumn's morning light.







for Marian's harvest moon challenge
and Kerry's tanka prompt.
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  1. Kerry O'ConnorSeptember 22, 2013 at 4:09 PM

    oooh! I really love this tanka, LaTonya. There is something so timeless in the depiction of the moon, each line resonates.

    Just one small correction: the harvest moon was Marian's challenge, but the tanka was mine. You have a kind of combo going on here :-)

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  2. FireblossomSeptember 22, 2013 at 4:37 PM

    *sigh*

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  3. EllaSeptember 22, 2013 at 9:29 PM

    I'm swooning :D
    So romantic

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  4. MarianSeptember 23, 2013 at 12:56 AM

    awwww.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 3:22 AM

    something secretly sad here...

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  6. MargaretSeptember 23, 2013 at 8:47 AM

    The second line is exquisite ... (my favorite is the second, but all three are so different. Well done.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 5:44 PM

    I love this piece...so romantic and lovely. :)

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  8. Brian MillerSeptember 24, 2013 at 7:16 PM

    quite emotional last couple lines there...esp on the heals of the intimacy of tracing the curve and bone...

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  9. GraceSeptember 24, 2013 at 7:46 PM

    The dream dried and crushed by morning light, ending is poignant ~ Beautiful tanka ~

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  10. Sharp Little PencilSeptember 24, 2013 at 11:41 PM

    Loss of love, dreams unfulfilled... "by autumn's morning light," crushed... this is sad but poignant, LaTonya. Lovely and still has a tear in its eye. Amy

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  11. Dorianna Ric (paintswithwords)September 25, 2013 at 1:25 PM

    lovely write, left me with a bittersweet feeling

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  12. JeffSeptember 26, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    Alas, will the night never linger?
    Soft to the touch, lined in silk.
    Tender.
    What more need be said?
    Cheers!

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