tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post6688724461196824726..comments2023-03-26T11:31:24.472-04:00Comments on Blogging Along Tobacco Road: M. Kei - Three Questions (Tanka)Curtis Dunlaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717921075352200852noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-75195613479458313302009-04-05T20:23:00.000-04:002009-04-05T20:23:00.000-04:00Hi Ed.Since both haiku and Smith Island have been ...Hi Ed.<BR/><BR/>Since both haiku and Smith Island have been mentioned . . . <BR/><BR/>my first taste<BR/>of the famous Smith Island cake—<BR/>a mere ten layers<BR/><BR/>~K~M. Keihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732533797439904583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-50190990043935734012009-04-05T11:48:00.000-04:002009-04-05T11:48:00.000-04:00I'll second Ed - great answers, great poems. Than...I'll second Ed - great answers, great poems. Thanks.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-27500935128416902752009-04-05T09:32:00.000-04:002009-04-05T09:32:00.000-04:00speaking of the Bay and naval "stuff"an aside... ...speaking of the Bay and naval "stuff"<BR/><BR/><BR/>an aside... first book that I ever read #39 John Paul Jones<BR/>in this series and the most all of the books re: The Sea...clipper ships, etc<BR/><BR/>http://www.readingwell.net/landmark.htm<BR/><BR/>read more than 1/2 of these books in my junior high school era still<BR/>have a cpl with the beautiful dust jackets...<BR/><BR/>aside #2:<BREd Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466924160507043747.post-24018933398406781582009-04-05T09:13:00.000-04:002009-04-05T09:13:00.000-04:00yikes...I wasn't expecting to seemy name so so...yikes...I wasn't expecting to see<BR/>my name so soon. I was a little<BR/>surprised to see M. Kei sharing his<BR/>tanka, and not his haiku, and/or a<BR/>mixture of the two genres. Cool!<BR/><BR/>I wish that I wrote this tanka:<BR/><BR/>shaking the bats<BR/>out of the mainsail<BR/>a cloud of night<BR/>made homeless<BR/>by my hands<BR/><BR/>When you think of bats, you think "cave" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342552431223482012noreply@blogger.com