Tanka - FGC (2012) #7

I see you near me 

I imagined us always 

ageing together

walking, tears smear my glasses

I dance alone now you’re gone

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This was written in response to Write Anything's Form and Genre Challenge ,  Tanka style  

These poems are frequently about love, seasons, sadness, with strong images and poetic devices haiku avoids. 5 lines, with lines 1 and 3 being shorter. 

Syllables per line are 5-7-5-7-7 respectively. -- defintion from "Poet's Market, 1998"  

From my reading too, I believe they normally don't give them a title - thus no title on mine.  


I'd call it - "Mortem Viits"... "Death Visits"...I love the way Latin sounds.

This was submitted for #7 of FGC. 


This  was also submitted to Friday Flash.