Writing

This short poem was embedded in a haibun prose of my book 'Space Between Two Fallen Leaves'.

The title of this tanka poem happens to be what one woman asks herself while both she and her husband share something with friends.

This tanka poem is about what a future bride has seen her fiancé doing before they were to get married.

The title of this tanka poem happens to be what one half of a couple says to the other half after getting caught doing something else.

This tanka poem is about what a future bride has done to cause her fiancé to suffer such heartbreak.

The author of this tanka poem describes the one sensation both he and another person share while they were alone.

This tanka poem is about a young woman realizing how her father would react to seeing what she's doing with a friend.

One half of a couple is using this tanka poem to let the other half know why that one certain thing is being done with someone else.

These are modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi, translated by Michael R. Burch.

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