UNDERTOW TANKA REVIEW ISSUE 4.doc

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UNDERTOW TANKA REVIEW: ISSUE # 4


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Contents Page: January 30th page

1. Featured Tanka 32. Featured Tanka Art 53. Tanka Sequences ... 74. Tanka Art ... 125. Tanka ... 166. Haiku Sequence ... 377. Editors Tanka ... 38

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Featured Tanka:

darkest hourdreams of tender ghostsoat the !o"at sk$drunk on notes strungfrom a muted trum%et

Carole Johnston, USA


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Featured Tanka Art

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Art&ork "$ De""'e Strange( )anada* De""'e 's amem"er of The Wr'ters+ )oe!t',e of -an'to"a and The

-an'to"a Wr'ters+ .u'd( as &e as se,era ha'ku andtanka organ'/at'ons* 0er &r't'ng has re!e',ed a&ards(and has "een transated and %u"'shed 'nternat'ona$*She &as the featured %oet 'n the Un'ted 0a'ku and

Tanka So!'et$+s Se%tem"er( 1234 'ssue of cattails(&h'!h 'n!udes a 'st of %u"'!at'on !red'ts* De""'e 'san a,'d %hotogra%her( &hose 'mages ha,e "een%u"'shed and sho&!ased 'n The Poetry ofLight eh'"'t'on* 0er !urrent %ass'on 's for !reat'ngha'ga and tanka art* She 'n,'tes $ou to ,'s't her ont&'tter 5De""'e6Strange to ,'e& more of her &ork*

S. A. O.7-er!ur'a8 's a &ord oaded &'th mean'ngs:!hangea"e( errat'!( 'm%us',e( et!*( I o,e 't* The

se!ond 'ne !aught me "$ sur%r'se( 7'n th's turn'ngseason8( I had to ook !ose$ at the %hotogra%h andnot'!e the eaess tree( the &'nter season of our ',es*I the foo&'ng 'nes the %oet sk'fu$ "r'ngs 'nto fo!us(7m$ "od$8 9 &eather ,ane t't'ng8 9 7'n a ne&d're!t'on(8 &h'!h !onne!ts &'th the o%en'ng 'ne* It 's amar,eous ;uta%os't'on and meta%hor*


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Tanka Sequence

To Her:

0e !annot see $ous'ent$ %ress'ng the &a(&' the dam "reak free

Response:

I weep like water,even through stone palace walls,slitted silt absorbsits passing river portion,sealing out intrusive winds.

Glenn Lyvers, USA

Averted Eyes(Margaret Saine, USA)

"od$ =rst %ossessed"$ k'sses( terr'tor$that $our arms em"ra!edand $our hone$ed tongue through mefeed'ng m$ hungr$ senses

m$ da$s "eonged to$ou &'thout &ords( "ut $our thoughtss &'ngs enfod m$ "od$soft mus'! !rades m$ heart

I dream !aressesfrom &aters( the$ %ress( em"ra!em$ ooded "od$as a o,er+s 'm"s 'm%ress


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the'r s&eet &e'ght on mood$ o,e

"ut I ha,e ost $ou

a road ma% to dark %a!es's a I ha,e eftthe &'nd on the &aters "e&$ou dee% 'nto the a"$ss

Torture Song(River lue, USA)

I sa& m$ fa!e'n a !e at .uantanamoee!tro!ut'ngh's gen'tas( m$ go,ernment

&ater"oard'ng

I sa& m$ fa!e'n ?erguson r'ght after"e'ng shot@a !ommand'ng surge "astedthrough the streets

I sa& m$ fa!e'n a man se'ng !'garetteson a N) street !orners!ream'ng I cant breathe(and 7I!an>t "reathe@

A Time e!ore Time(Steve !le"etar, USA)

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Imag'ne a t'me"efore t'me( so dense( so hot B!om%ressed 'n no s%a!e

aoat 'n a great Noth'ng&a't'ng for the )osm'! Tou!h?'rst h$drogen( thenhe'um and some othereements( then "ankfor a m''on $ears or soas the un',erse e%ands

and !oos as atomsform* Denser reg'ons !oa%seand rotate s'ght$(form'ng d'sk 'ke gaa'esrotat'ng 'ke &'d skatersdra&'ng 'n the'r arms*

Imag'ne th's &onderfudan!e( &'tnessed from as%a!e that 's no s%a!e( dee% 'n!es &here m'nd and s%'r't meet*

Accident(!ristina #nglan$, USA)

The road 's gassmeant for "reak'ng !arsthat !annot sto%*I am a "aer'nas%'nn'ng 'n %a!e*

I s!ream 'n %a'n

as eft r'" !run!hesand se%arates*O' sta'ns ook 'kea kae'dos!o%e*


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!ristina #nglan$, USA

#randmot$er(!ristina #nglan$, USA)

esterda$$ou fe(s%'t $our '%*E,en !ro&s

"eed*

Tomorro&(es!a%e !an!erfor sum"er*E,er$ "'rd mustshed*

%&adrid(Arunansu an$yo"a$hyay, %n$ia)

' see death'n $our e$esan afternoon

of ong shado&s'n -adr'd

&e ne,er sh'edfrom ha,'ng "uC=ghts'n o,e$our %'nk fragran!ethe ure of madness

-adr'd sun=ter'ng 'n "et&eenour &ords

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$our sm'e the !oourof !hestnut !and'es


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Tanka Art

Shloka Shankar, India

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a &olla'oration 'eteen Angelee eo$har(i*age), an$ Anne Curran (riter), +e ealan$

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a &olla'oration 'eteen Angelee eo$har(i*age), an$ Anne Curran (riter), +e ealan$


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Tanka

Some !h'!kadeesand on eaess "oughs*A sensat'on of %en'tudeafter a fu sensat'onof nakedness*

Ali nai$i, -unisia

The sun>s ra$s%enetrate throughthe door>s hoes*.'tter'ng %'e!es

of a shattered gass*Ali nai$i, -unisia

0ot tears'nundat'ngthe onesome otus o&er*I st' "e'e,e 'n

dreams*

Ali nai$i, -unisia

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A 'ne of red ants'n dark %hos%hat'! sand*A ash of 'ght'ng

%'er!'ng the moonesssk$*

Ali nai$i, -unisia

are "ran!hesof the amond tree*A "ra'n&ashed

/om"'e&'thout a memor$*

Ali nai$i, -unisia

Soft foamtou!h'ng m$ feet*I remem"er

the !otton so!ksI &ore 'n m$ !h'dhood*

Ali nai$i, -unisia

the s&'ng set sFueaked

a rust$ songt'me t'!k'ng&h'e &e %a$ed!h'dhood ended

riony Ja*es, USA

Nor+easter sno&fa 3GH1

&h'te mounta'n%'ed net to the dr',eoom'ng argeto e'ght $ear od e$es


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riony Ja*es, USA

&hees &'th'n &hees!'r!es ead"a!kand for&ardI &'nd to&ards $ou

riony Ja*es, USA

%ae %'nk r'dgesna!re %ath&a$ss%'rathe she 'n m$ handa un',erse

riony Ja*es, USA

m$ stor$"ook forest'ttered ea,esan autumn !ar%etmushrooms dan!ea fa'r$ r'ng

riony Ja*es, USA

&orms and eetesfeast&oo rug ru'nedthe &eft e%osed'ke "ones

riony Ja*es, USA

the 'dea runsround and round 'n m$ "ra'na hamster

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&hee'ng 'tsef d'//$no goa "ut for&ard

riony Ja*es, USA

m$ shado& dan!esaone't aughs&hen I tr$to %'rouette

riony Ja*es, USA

hunter moonm$ s',er doar !asts shado&sof anter "ran!hesmakes me a goddessm$ so'tar$ hour

riony Ja*es, USA

goden afternoon sunong shado&sattenuate meI rea!hfor 'n,'s'"e stars

riony Ja*es, USA

stand'ng "eh'nd m$ !ha'rshe %a$s &'th m$ ha'ron m$ Fuest'on'ngshe sm'es and re%'es

your hair caught !y eyes

Ra$hey Shia*, %n$ia


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h's a%oog'es'ke August !ornhusksthe %at!h

of "a!kCe$ed susansstare a!!us'ng$from the safe house door

Al .rtolani, USA

=ft$ $ears ago

&e &aded the s%r'ng runCoatta!k'ng !ra&=sh &'th to$ s&ordsha&ks turn 'n the a/$ sun'ke stra'ght ra/ors

Al .rtolani, USA

ton'ght I &r'tem$ death %oem( shoudI %un!tuate 't &'tha %er'od( or ea,ethe %regnant %ause

Al .rtolani, USA

"'te of &ood smokefrom a ne'gh"or+s !h'mne$e,en'ng>s !od star(h's &'fe !ank'ngher s%oon 'n the !asseroe

Al .rtolani, USA

=rst n'ght of autumn:

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dr'%%'ng at the o%en &'ndo&(the so& ra'n fas&'thout thunder"egon'a

"askets st' "oom'ng

Al .rtolani, USA

un'ns%'red( I gna&on the end !rustfrom a dr$ oaf of "read

!rum"s 'tter'ng the "ank %age'ke a t&o da$ "eard

Al .rtolani, USA

th's morn'ng earth&ormsushed "$ the a n'ght ra'n

stret!h 'ke %en!'s a!rossthe s'de&ak!assroom 'ghts"r'ght 'n the ear$ goom

Al .rtolani, USA

ea!h morn'ng &ak'ngthe same s'de&ak( tuftsof dande'on as fam''aras the s%ots on m$ handsea,es s%'n from the sk$

Al .rtolani, USA

&ak'ng at J a*m*no s'gnof morn'ng 'n the east


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ho& one$ the garden 'ghtsthat run on $esterda$>s sun

Al .rtolani, USA

"a!k and &h'te%hotogra%h of m$ fatherthe &at!h on h's &r'stkee%'ng t'me'n a "o on m$ desk

Al .rtolani, USA

$our s'ken "ouse 'n moon'ghtsummerC't "ran!hes'n the a,o!ado or!hard"ushed sk'nCC

ushed "$ $outh>s tur%'tude

#$ /iggins, USA

the %ur%e =n!hdro%s notes( a !ommun'on &aferon $our tongue( red &'ne

to $our '%s( sa,'! s%r'ng'nto $our esh

#$ /iggins, USA

no memor'es

of the &ords eft "eh'ndI "u$ a ?ren!h Santafrom an Amer'!an storeand &onder aga'n &ho &e are

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Re'e&&a rouihet, USA

%'e!es of the %'!turedr'ft'ng further a%art***a sea !hanges&ee%s me far a&a$from fam''ar shores


on our hone$moonto the Nat!he/ of m$ "'rth&e =nd a house&here I hear ghosts &h's%er***one of them me


turn'ng %ra$er &heeson the ast da$of the $ear

a !h'd+s songe!hoes from the mounta'ns

Arunansu an$yo"a$hyay, %n$ia

&'th'n the fodsof a %a%er rose' kee% tra!'ngthe "ends and ae$sof our tak



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!an deathadd one starto the n'ght C

mom+s &ooden o&stares "ank$


' ma$ hodone fu moon"et&een m$ =ngers

"ut not the dreamsthat s'% "e$ond m$ ,'e&


a m'd ra'nas n'ght ends$our &ords

%o%%'ng 'nto the mutenessof ea,es


$ou ma$ "urna hundred memor'es

' rema'n em"amed'n $our sefCseek'ng o,ea he%ess du!k 'n an o' s'!k


the more&e dr'ft a%art

' fee the sea &'ndgather'ngthe rust'ness of memor'es

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+sorr$for !om'ng ate+e!hoesa mo!k'ng"'rde%or'ng the "roken nest


$our nearnessas &'th a s%r'ng "a/emakes me d'//$CCe,en &'th a heatCsu't' fear the a,a


sea&'thout a &a,eoats the moonCCto&ed to m$ dreamI+,e "een sa''ng for ages


there she &as( see%'ngunder a mounta'n of sheets'n a stranger+s homeCC!areess 'n a stranger+s "eda "r'ef o,e aa'r

)ana *e++a, -SA

I ro out of "edand "rush the dregs of see%


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rea't$ sh'ftsCCthen "orro& the atered sef'n dress of saron s'k

)ana *e++a, -SA

out "$ the od do!ka ghost$ =gure 'n gra$h's fa!e to the seaCCh's "a!k aga'nst the akeshoredo&n the !o%%er moon

)ana *e++a, -SA

nooks and !rann'es!u""$ hoes 'n the att'!&here &e %a$ed'n dust$ od trunks

strange &'nter se!rets


%s$!hede'! dee%memor'es of !h'dhooddream shrouded

started "$ huge dark &'ngs%en d'%%ed 'n "a!k 'nk


a %art$'n m$ ne'gh"orhood"ues "eat

%a%er anterns and drumsa'r th'!k &'th m'st


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!omet s'ngsstrange etherea song

a un',erse!reated "$ !res!endo!horus of anges


!on;ur'ng sunsetI !ause

the fru't to "urst%omegranate ;u'!edr'%s do&n the &h'te sno& sk$


dee%

'ns'de a %ur%e 'r's'nd'go e$es&a't for m$ !h'd m'ndt'me tra,e'ng


h'gh summerI %ur%e m$ =ngers'nd'go m$ fa!emorn'ng gor'es ,'neto the sk$ &'th a!k


!o"at "uegass "ottes 'um'ne


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the &'ndo&go& &'th m$ mother>s ghosta!hem$ of her tears


stu!k 'n goomra'n dark em%t$ da$!ande 'ghtand memor'es of road tr'%s

"ue sk$ ro!kets sa,e me


those g'rs&ho ',ed 'n d'erent &ords'n the same

ne'gh"orhood &here one of themset hersef on =re


staress n'ght***ho& stark$th's snuedCout !anderem'nds methat $ou are gone

Shloa Shanar, %n$ia

a &edge of &'nter sun'n the $ard***re,'s't'ngthe darkest !orners

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of m$ m'nd

Shloa Shanar, %n$ia

)hr'stmas 'ghts***m$ un%eeed a$ersof mean!ho$"reak free'n $our %resen!e

Shloa Shanar, %n$ia

&'nter dr'//eea,es 'ts sta'nson the &'ndo&C%ane***the e!ho of the ast %oem'n m$ head

Shloa Shanar, %n$ia

I d'dn>t kno&I d'dn>t kno&an$th'ng* A !'nnamonfern kne& I &as 'gnorant(ke%t Fu'et*

!enneth Po'o, USA

E,enafter a hea,$ ra'n'!e %at!hes*

The sun s'%s and fas(no one to he% her u%*

!enneth Po'o, USA

I>,e sto%%ed attend'ng


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the !hur!h 'n a monar!h>s &'ng*I> m'ss the s'ng'ngand tota 'mmers'on

'n a "udde'a "oom*

!enneth Po'o, USA

At LLm$ dad %a$s %'ng %ong(&ha!ks the "a &e* After&ards(&eather tak(

a !an of S%r'te*

!enneth Po'o, USA

Nan!$ S'natrathe sFu'rre kno!ks do&nour suet feeder* Angr$< es("ut I o,e the song she s'ngs

&h'e mak'ng m's!h'ef*

!enneth Po'o, USA

R'ght no& hee"oresfatten "udsunder "ro&n ea,es and sno&*

R'ght no& s%r'ng%a!es 'n the &'ngs( read$ to %erform*

!enneth Po'o, USA

-$ s%ouse>sha'r$ !hestthe shed(man$ ,'nes !o,er'ng 't(

sudden "ossoms"et&een th'!k tendr's*

!enneth Po'o, USA

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An em%t'nessIn the Amer'!an heart*

When $our o&ner sa$s 7)ome8and %uts the d'sh of o' do&n(a% 't u%( e,er$ dro%*

!enneth Po'o, USA

A terr'er "ark'ngat a star* And &h$ notd do an$th'ng to get o,e(d'stan!e means noth'ngCCIn fa!t( I "ark ouder*!enneth Po'o, USA

On our &edd'ng da$&e smeed a skunk*Was th's a &arn'ngs e't sta'rdro%%'ng 'nto gra!e

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