tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post548877423814276172..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Midnight Forest Tanka by Roberta Beach JacobsonChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-9643197512275258132021-02-18T13:55:46.495-05:002021-02-18T13:55:46.495-05:00Roberta's middle-of-the-story tanka effectivel...Roberta's middle-of-the-story tanka effectively builds, line by line, to a visually and atmospherically powerful ending: the owl appears to be ready to grab something while the speaker waits silently.<br /><br />And it might be interesting to do a comparative reading of my tanka below:<br /><br />alone<br />with my thoughts --<br />an owl<br />drifts moth-like<br />over the barren field<br /><br />Revision, Frameless Sky, 3, 2015Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com