Midnight Sighs: A Waka*
Tender is the night
wordlessly bare and breathless
soft rugged rushed sighs
breaks velvet night’s masked silence—
‘til we said the last goodbyes.
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In response to May Book Prompts – by Sarah Doughty and MahWrites.
Today’s prompt is Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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*Waka
The waka is:
- a pentastich, a poem written in 5 lines.
- syllabic, 5-7-5-7-7 syllables. 31 onji, in English, 31 syllables.
- true to the heart of the poet. The inspiration is to be drawn from the experience.
- an early model for the tanka and many other Japanese forms.
- gathered into collections. In most Japanese anthologies poems are arranged in seasonal sequence followed by considered, poetic-worthy topics such as love or grief.
