Dusk’s elusive pink
The way her heart dreamt in me
Wish dissolves logic
Such rainbows remain unclasped
Time bargains for my Eros
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[ Image: Detail from 2018 painting by “Hanartist” titled Saudade. Saudade is a more or less untranslateable Portuguese word involving a poignant trenchant mixture of longing and loss and the depth so engendered. There is a gorgeous music around it called Fado singing which can be heard in certain nightclubs in Porto and Lisbon. ]
Notes: this piece is in a Japanese tanka form, externally: 5 7 5 7 7 syllables per line.
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love it cuz it’s lovely….and I wouldnt mind visiting Portugal since i learned that my dna carries some ancestry from that region.
thanks… yup me too, long ago I lived in a Portuguese enclave in NJ. Boy did that place smell good!
Beautifully written tanka.
I Tanka You, mon ami 🍁
You’re very welcome 😊.
❤
Merci, Isabelle 🙏