Poetic Musings: Edge Tanka by Chen-ou Liu

alone

on the edge

of a cliff ...

behind my back

the shadow

Honorable Mention, Tanka Section, 2017 British Haiku Society Awards

Chen-ou Liu

Commentary (by the judge, A A Marcoff): Reading this was almost unbearable. It came with bleak, stark, shock

FYI: It might be interesting to do a thematic comparison reading go the following tanka:

alone

at the cliff's edge ...

a shooting star

and yet

this lost dream

the art of tanka, 1, fall/winter 2023

Chen-ou Liu