watching birds
dive down to the river
and back up-
good news and bad news
on the same day
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- bronze tipped grassbent with dew
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4 comments:
A wise, poetic insight, Andrew. Good and bad news are indeed two sides of the same life experience. Well done!
indeed. brilliant, insightful words. :) one image, two players, diametrically opposed points of view.
thank you for the kind words
It's always a pleasure to read excellent tanka, thank you. ;-)
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