Comment from Ricky1024

Excellent

My Long Black Hair.
This tanka speaks of a memory of past love.
As if tangled in hair.
Well received rich on Theme and Imagery.
Thanks for sharing this and have a great night.
Doctor Ricky

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2023

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reply by the author on 13-Sep-2023

Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words.

Gypsy hugs

Comment from barbara.wilkey

Excellent

This is a gorgeous presentation, between the artwork, the poem and the colors used. You once again retain your title as the best poet on this sight. Thank you for sharing with us.

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2023

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reply by the author on 12-Sep-2023

Wow, thank you very much for the kind words!

I appreciate your excellent review.

Gypsy hugs

Gypsy hugs

Comment from GWHARGIS

Excellent

This was saturated with imagery. It was dark and almost forbidden. Beautiful stolen moments. I really enjoyed this . You are a prolific poet. Gretchen

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2023

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reply by the author on 12-Sep-2023

My goal is to write two poems a day. :)

Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words.

Gypsy hugs

Comment from aryr

Excellent

This was a wonderful tanka, Gypsy. The pictures were impressive, they explained a great deal. I enjoyed your words because they enhanced so much more. Blessed Be n Hugs!!!

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2023

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reply by the author on 12-Sep-2023

Yes, thank God for the good men. Where are they. LoL

Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words. Blessed be.

Gypsy hugs

reply by aryr on 12-Sep-2023

I got rid of mine, lol. Who knows whether are? Most welcome, Gypsy.

Comment from shelley kaye

Excellent

may i ask why the capital letters at the end of the lines?
usually only see that on acrostics lol

last line: tight to the shadows - did you mean tied?

good tanka with really good imagery of the tangled long black hair...

thank you for sharing
shelley :)

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2023

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reply by the author on 12-Sep-2023

I changed it. I was not sure if it was tide so I looked it up in my dictionary and it's the tides of the ocean. English doesn't make sense sometimes. My first language is Spanish.

Thank you very much for your helpful review.

Gypsy hugs

reply by shelley kaye on 12-Sep-2023

wait... did you mean TIDE like the ocean tide... or TIED like a bow or something?

yea, i've heard english is the hardest language for other speakers to learn...

reply by the author on 12-Sep-2023

Hello,

I just remembered you asked me about the capital letters. Tanka is different than haiku. It's okay to write capital letters and punctuation. I actually used the capital letters at beginning and end for visual effect.

I usually don't use cap letters but with this one it felt right.

reply by shelley kaye on 12-Sep-2023

okay. just never seen you do that before on the end of the lines lol

Comment from royowen

Excellent

As I've said before, you always manage to weave in the right amount od sensual mystique into your tankas, and you always present your work so well Gypsy, well done, blessings Roy

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2023

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reply by the author on 12-Sep-2023

Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words.

Gypsy hugs

reply by royowen on 12-Sep-2023

Welcome

Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

I guess the memories have become tangled with the passions and emotions even if the lover has left her behind. I like your cool way of capitalizing the first and last letter. It would be even more challenging to make them spell a word, too!

 Comment Written 12-Sep-2023

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reply by the author on 12-Sep-2023

Thank you very much big sister. I'm happy you like it. It was inspired by a master tanka poet, Yosano Akiko who was born 1878, and died in 1942. She wrote a book of tanka about her black hair.

Love

Marival