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Wednesday 20 January 2016

Special Letter


Clouds visit mountain
With a rare, special letter
From his old pal, sea;
As mountain beams and writes back,
Clouds form drizzles to meet sea.

-Purba Chakraborty
20.01.2016


Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)




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18 comments:

  1. Susan20 January 2016 at 22:13

    I've never thought of cycles of water and air as messages between mountain, sky and sea--and I love it! Of course! Beautiful.

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  2. Sanaa Rizvi20 January 2016 at 22:15

    Love this :D especially the image of clouds meeting the sea :D
    Beautifully expressed Purba :D


    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  3. Sherry Blue Sky20 January 2016 at 23:35

    I love this circular journey of cloud, sea and mountain........

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  4. Mary21 January 2016 at 01:29

    I love how your poem shows the connection between the mountains and the sea! They really work as a team, don't they?

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  5. Old Egg21 January 2016 at 02:52

    Nature in its harmony happily balancing the world to the myriad needs of us all. But then came man to upset the balance of the world!

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  6. Unknown21 January 2016 at 03:52

    very well expressed Purba :-)

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  7. Sangeeta Mishra21 January 2016 at 05:19

    Wow, what a beautiful letter ! You have created an invincible bond between clouds and sea. Such an aesthetic imagery Purba and so very nicely describes the picture. :)

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  8. J.N.T.21 January 2016 at 07:27

    love how you imagine the mountain and the sea as two beings writing to each other. I love your mind. So beautiful. thanks!

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  9. Prasanna Dasari21 January 2016 at 09:04

    Amazing imaginative letter, that friendship will last long until the end. Nice work Purba, thank you for sharing :))

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  10. Vinay Leo R.21 January 2016 at 09:54

    Lovely imagery! :) That's a letter exchange that keeps happening.

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  11. Sumana Roy21 January 2016 at 11:08

    ah..how poetically you've exposed their connection...beautiful Purba..

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  12. M S Mahawar21 January 2016 at 12:01

    well written!

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  13. Panchali21 January 2016 at 16:50

    Ohh...love this crisp piece, Purba. Great imagery...

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  14. Jae Rose21 January 2016 at 18:18

    And a wonderful poetic letter this is too - a wonderful concept beautifully written

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  15. Alok singhal22 January 2016 at 08:24

    Nice thought on how they meet 😊

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  16. Buddah Moskowitz23 January 2016 at 04:53

    Beautiful, well done. I like how they are friends here.

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  17. Sachin Prabhu23 January 2016 at 18:50

    Lovely :)

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  18. Ashish Kumar31 January 2016 at 21:04

    Great write up... I liked the first line a lot...
    "Clouds visit mountains. "

    Lovely creation... :-)

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