tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post1398642813465043769..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Last Breath Tanka by Gabriel BatesChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-22558313866288999122018-06-24T11:11:31.427-04:002018-06-24T11:11:31.427-04:00In Gabriel's existential tanka, the contrast b...In Gabriel's existential tanka, the contrast between thoughts of death (Ls 1-3) and energy of life (L4) stirs not only the speaker's heart and mind (L5) but also the reader's emotion and reflection on life and death.<br /><br />His fine tanka reminds me of one of my haiku on a similar topic, one that is allusive to Emily Dickinson's poem:<br /><br />flies buzzing...<br />a one-man funeral<br />in my head<br /><br />VerseWrights, Dec 11. 2013<br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com