tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post7796821208264902451..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Leaves and Story Tanka by Mark GordonChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-82533654016149296272017-02-05T10:41:00.837-05:002017-02-05T10:41:00.837-05:00Mark’s one-sentence tanka effectively builds, line...Mark’s one-sentence tanka effectively builds, line by line, to a thematically significant and emotionally powerful ending that has the most weight and reveals the theme of a sense of oneness with nature. And it works well as a squeal poem to his following tanka, which was published on October 19, 2016:<br /><br />The wind spins<br />leaves on the birch<br />faces<br /> of sorrow<br />faces of light<br /><br />Note: For more info. about Somonka, see my "To the Lighthouse" post, titled "Somonka, A Pair of Corresponsive Tanka," which can be accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2014/07/to-lighthouse-somonka-pair-of.htmlChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com