tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post2363726825605383878..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: House Spider Tanka by an'yaChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-72904367066565892042016-12-28T09:59:15.674-05:002016-12-28T09:59:15.674-05:00In his "Foreword of Moonstruck," Sanford...In his "Foreword of Moonstruck," Sanford Goldstein once emphasized, "...I have often found in today's tanka poets, many of whom also write haiku, a forcing of nature imagery on the poem, for the image itself reminds the poet of some dilemma. That is, the nature image calls up 'situation...'"<br /><br />I couldn't agree with him more. However, in the hands of a skillful poet, such as an’ya, the nature connection is an internal part of the actual situation, as in her tanka above where there is an implied simile effectively established between the absent lover/spouse and the house spider. And an’ya's use of "even" successfully adds emotional weight to her heartfelt tanka.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com