a sword swallowing
marked the battle finale
tassels set a-twirl
forgotten wars rise again
replay the old times' folly
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Tanka for Magpie Tales #58
Willow prompts weekly with an enigmatic image to draw words from writers. This week:
a sword swallowing
marked the battle finale
tassels set a-twirl
forgotten wars rise again
replay the old times' folly
a sword swallowing
marked the battle finale
tassels set a-twirl
forgotten wars rise again
replay the old times' folly
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The sad continuum of conflict - good work...
rob kistner
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So relevant, in light of current events.
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You captured the truth, war is always part of our lives..somewhere. Lovely thoughtful piece.
Lovely tanka... I especially like the last 2 lines.
~laurie
replay old time follies.....couldn't have put it better.
One day we may understand.
Great words.
Well written, sadly true.
I enjoy this tanka very much. Great job!
war then war then more war then...i wonder what we would do if we ever broke the cycle...
"forgotten wars rise again, replay the old times' folly"
So, so good! When will we learn...
it's like a long playing record stuck and continues to repeat and repeat our foolish errors
Excellent work.
Excellent piece. and to this, when will man learn from his folly?...
"forgotten wars rise again"
so much said in so few concise words.
How true.. nicely put.
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very good tanka
I love the play on "sword swallowing". Nice.
What an image this evokes! Never ending...
These words are tumbled...sure, but tumbled so well. Enjoyed!
And wars are ever folly...
Your tanka is so well done ... not an easy feat.
Much truth in few words. Excellent write!
Rick
You got right to the heart of the matter. Sad reality, well penned. Vb
ad on and on, never ending . . .
Oh how history does repeat itself...this is wise and beautifull written! :-)
So continuously true!
Lovely tanta. I tried again last week, but failed miserably,...will have to keep trying, love this form. Very nice mag!
reminiscent of today's news....
well written.
It is strange how interested people are to see re-enactments of battles. The reality is horrible.
This is the tanka I wished I'd written. Well done!
"folly" is so true.
Oh, very spare and to the heart of it. Love the 'sword swallowing'
Excellent!
i like the double meanings you bring out in "sword swallowing..."
well done!
the old times folly for sure...and seems to carry on today just with different swords...bkm
bittersweet in it's loveliness
Perennial sentiments
Dear Tumblewords: Appreciate your visual realism as applied to the nature of war-like "battle finale". Yes the war to end all wars; finally? When? Soon! Love always wins!
Your post is so appropriate at this challenging time...it seems that war continues no matter how much we wish it were not true. Were it not true...great post.
You have captured the times we live in so well. I am in awe.
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