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Open Poetry #38

The Snipers Shot (Tanka)

The Shadow in Blue
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since 2006-05-18

Posts 493
EL, Michigan

0 posted 2006-06-17 01:33 AM

The Sniper's Shot
06/16

The mark of my pen
that stroked my heart's desire
has found it's target
in the core of my fiber
like the shot heard from afar

/\/The Editing Queen\/\

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for wo

jody5
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since 2005-12-21

Posts 876
California, U.S.A.

1 posted 2006-06-17 04:27 AM

Bravo, and what a shot. loved this.

Huggs Kimberly

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2006-06-17 10:30 PM

a new version of cupid's arrow?

The Shadow in Blue
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since 2006-05-18

Posts 493
EL, Michigan

3 posted 2006-06-17 11:03 PM

I guess it could mean that to some extent, but cupid's arrow in this tanka represents how poetry and writing in general has lightened the invisible load off my shoulders.

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