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Charisma
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0 posted 2000-12-08 09:00 AM



Shelters of the night
released many emotions
weeping from the heart
sharing secrets with darkness
tear down by pillows comfort

Charisma

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Awwwwwwww...........this is so sad.....beautifully written dear heart   -SEA
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2 posted 2000-12-08 11:37 AM


Shelters of the night..i like Charisma

the best time to be sad..the night has a special healing affect upon one..

               ~Victoria~



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3 posted 2000-12-08 11:54 AM


Charisma,

   These Tanka's are addicting aren't they? hehe.  Beautiful writing .

~~Tara aka rp25 :o)

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4 posted 2000-12-08 02:18 PM


SEA: thank you for your reply, I always appreciate them very much.

Victoria: I agree with you, the night is the best time to be sad, than the healing will begin.

rosepetals: you are soooooooo right....hehehe.....I can't deny I am addice on tanka's...mmmm think addict to all these forms....  

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5 posted 2000-12-08 02:24 PM


I really like this... sad but beautiful...

lovely!

-Tier

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6 posted 2000-12-08 10:38 PM


yup, funny how we dare to reveal ourselves when night comes...

so true,this tanka is...

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7 posted 2000-12-09 12:03 PM


Tanka you very much  

Such beautiful writing for such sad thoughts.

((hugs))

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.


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8 posted 2000-12-09 12:07 PM


sad but oh so ever beautifully expressed with emotion. I LOVED THIS! Your lovely soul is revealed in your work...smiles

Passion,imagination
and intellect
running together...
Poetry in motion~~~

Aloha with
warmest regards, Koko



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9 posted 2000-12-09 12:12 PM



CHARISMA, you got me hooked...

I hope you write more...

I like I like I like...

coco


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10 posted 2000-12-09 07:50 AM


"Sharing secrets with the darkness"
How sad and beautiful
I'm not familiar with the tanka
It's just lovely
Liz

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11 posted 2000-12-10 06:53 AM


Tiersdin: I am glad that you like it  

Kaile: yes the night gives her special comfort so we can reveal our souls.

interloper: thank you for your kind reply, its always a pleasure to have some from you.  

Koko: thank you for this lovely compliment, and I am truly happy that you loved it.

Coco:   thank you, and I will write more, I love this form. glad that you like it.

Elizabeth: thank you for stopping by, and Im not so familiar with it too, but I am learning, and love this form. We learn so many things inhere from each other.


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12 posted 2000-12-10 07:00 AM


Beautiful and tender sentiments Charisma ... such sorrow from so few words, wonderful expression!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

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13 posted 2000-12-10 06:21 PM


thank you Kit for your wonderful words, and for taking time to read and reply.
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14 posted 2000-12-10 07:26 PM


Charisma,

So sad . . . yet so true my friend.  

LW


Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

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15 posted 2000-12-11 08:37 AM


thank you Lone Wolf your reply ment a lot for me.

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