tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post8363551978915290218..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Silk Umbrella Tanka by Sanford GoldsteinChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-32289199136095600372015-01-12T08:45:12.217-05:002015-01-12T08:45:12.217-05:00Although this tanka weighs in at 33 syllables, it ...Although this tanka weighs in at 33 syllables, it feels natural and unpadded. The visual details help set the tone and mood, and the evocative image portrayed in the lower verse takes on new significance, emotional and symbolic.<br /><br />The immediacy and intensity of one particular moment in the speaker's hospital life is well captured in this visually and emotionally evocative tanka.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com