tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post1354552620216278117..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Love & Morning Glory Tanka by Gregory Longenecker Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-15635510819871943252021-03-29T10:32:27.168-04:002021-03-29T10:32:27.168-04:00An implicit simile is subtly and effectively estab...An implicit simile is subtly and effectively established between a "short-lived love" (Ls 1&2) and the color of the "withered morning glory" (Ls 4&5).<br /><br />Gregory's reflective tanka reminds me of the following remarks on "looking back" (L3):<br /><br />Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.<br /><br />-- Soren Kierkegaard<br /><br />To look back, to go back, is not to be weak. It is not to reopen wounds. It takes strength, it takes courage. It takes a person who is more in control of who they are to cast a discerning, non-judgmental eye over who they once were.<br /><br />Cecelia Ahern<br /><br />FYI: Morning Glory: "a climbing plant often cultivated for its showy trumpet-shaped flowers, which typically open in the early morning and wither by midday."Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com