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kcsgrandma
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0 posted 2001-04-01 11:59 PM


Universal Language Tanka

American I
You were born in India
In Japanese form
I write of my love for you
With language universal

Hearts speak only love
Sun and moon shine in all lands
The essential we
Cannot be divided by
Unimportant differences.




© Copyright 2001 Marilyn Gordon - All Rights Reserved
pegasus111
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1 posted 2001-04-02 12:54 PM


great message Marilyn..sweetly put.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost



Joyce Johnson
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2 posted 2001-04-02 02:02 AM


This is pretty.  Now I have to look up Tanka.  Joyce
ellie LeJeune
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3 posted 2001-04-02 07:12 AM


Marilyn, these are exquisitely lovely! I bet he loved them.."Unimportant differences"..I loved that! Love does transcend all! Love, Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

2dalimit
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4 posted 2001-04-02 08:35 AM


Good work.
Melton

Wikket
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5 posted 2001-04-02 11:56 AM


Marilyn...wonderful!  I only wish I could write a Tanka oh so well!     

~~Jamie     

I mean the opposite of what I say. You've got it now? No, it's the other way. ~Bruce Bennett

wordancer
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6 posted 2001-04-02 03:39 PM


Marilyn, oh so very nice...lovely thoughts.

-wordancer

kcsgrandma
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7 posted 2001-04-02 04:30 PM


Pegasus - Thanks.   It is a sweet feeling.

Joyce - I'm sure you will do very well with it.  Thank you.

Ellie - I just love your "exquisites"! I don't know what he thought, but hope to find out.  

Melton - Thank you.

Jamie -   Thank you. You write just beautifully.

Wordancer - Thank you. I'm pleased to be approved by the expert.  

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

coyote
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8 posted 2001-04-02 07:06 PM


Marilyn, you're really rolling.  
I like this sytle, too. hmmmm.....

"The only thing new in the world, is the history we don't know."
Harry S. Truman

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9 posted 2001-04-02 09:01 PM


Wonderful tanka about your sweetie.
very sweet!!!

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

kcsgrandma
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10 posted 2001-04-02 11:17 PM


Billy - Thank you.  I'm (hopefully) coming off a dry spell.   Give tanka try.  You'll like it.

Javier -   Thanks. You're pretty sweet yourself.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

kaile
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11 posted 2001-05-07 12:22 PM


wonderful sentiments here...i dig your idea and am racking my brains to write a tanka so as to match this gem...

hope life is well,
kaile

~DreamChild~
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12 posted 2001-05-07 02:13 PM


a powerful word on the universal language that breaks all barriers of difference-
Love.

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13 posted 2001-05-07 07:57 PM


yeah so nice

Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning.


Denise
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14 posted 2001-05-07 09:30 PM


Very nice, Marilyn! So true, so true!
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