tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post3238266279279518482..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Shrouded August Blue Moon Tanka by Aruna RaoChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-37231979467130344912015-09-25T16:24:12.012-04:002015-09-25T16:24:12.012-04:00"evening storm" presents itself in the w..."evening storm" presents itself in the way of an ancient waka,...<br /><br />-- UHTS Contest Judge an'ya, accessed at http://unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/contests143.html<br /><br />Modeled on traditional Japanese tanka, this evocative poem is made up of five poetic phrases (equivalent to five ku of 5-7-5-7-7) and structured into two parts (the opening statement and the closing image) with a pivot (L3). And there is a thematically and emotionally dialectical relationship effectively established between the two parts of the poem.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com