tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post7395252011070043175..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Dark Wing Tanka by Brian ZimmerChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-64461737060607505652014-11-30T10:42:38.514-05:002014-11-30T10:42:38.514-05:00For more information about Brian Zimmer, see the m...For more information about Brian Zimmer, see the memorial issue of Haibun Today, 8:4, December 2014.<br /><br />For more information about his tanka and his view of tanka, see "Dark Wings of Night: Brian Zimmer's View of Tanka and His Tanka," which can be accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2014/11/dark-wings-of-night-brian-zimmers-view.html Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-51611544015486513492014-11-30T09:23:56.201-05:002014-11-30T09:23:56.201-05:00The shift (from the concrete/physical to the abstr...The shift (from the concrete/physical to the abstract/inner; from being clear to being shadowy...) is poignant, and the use of "each day" adds emotional weight to the poem.<br /><br />This tanka effectively depicts the "dark wing[s] of one's long night"Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com