tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post6795119998534323560..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Fable Tanka by ai liChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-35717185642535209612017-08-22T11:09:07.838-04:002017-08-22T11:09:07.838-04:00ai li's fable tanka reminds me of Michael Dyla...ai li's fable tanka reminds me of Michael Dylan Welch's visual haiku on the "elves" in children's book.<br /><br />See "Butterfly Dream: Bookshelves Haiku by Michael Dylan Welch," https://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2015/01/butterfly-dream-bookshelves-haiku.html Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-57082659682503408902017-08-22T11:04:09.946-04:002017-08-22T11:04:09.946-04:00The thematically and emotionally dialectic relatio...The thematically and emotionally dialectic relationship is well established between the two parts of this minimalist tanka (of 10 words and 14 syllables), and its lower verse ("my wings (imagination)/in shadow")works effectively on at least two levels, literal and symbolic.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com