tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post8373280595125690449..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Paper-Whites Tanka by Pamela A. BabusciChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-89342796853037276652016-12-07T09:04:18.127-05:002016-12-07T09:04:18.127-05:00Pamela Babusci is known for her candor, and approa...Pamela Babusci is known for her candor, and approaches her topics with original metaphors and descriptions. Her tanka are intensely personal, as these examples demonstrate: <br /><br />what gives me<br />more ecstasy<br />a calla lily opening<br />or your fingers<br />exploring me? <br /><br />you altered my body<br />to fit into yours . . .<br />how gracefully<br />the paper-whites bend<br />towards the moon<br /><br />-- excerpted from "A Solitary Woman – Pamela A. Babusci," reviewed by Susan Constable, which can be accessed at http://www.ahundredgourds.com/ahg41/exposition03.html <br /><br />The image of two bodies turning into paper-whites bending toward the [full] moon (a symbol of wholeness and completion) makes this sensual tanka effective and affecting.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com