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anniversary tanka
by Jim Benzevery night for weeks
you labored over white silk
as your belly grew
now, twenty two years later
your face still wears the same smile 04/17/2006 Author's Note: included as part of a Dance/Spokenword/Music performance at Bloomington Art Center
Posted on 04/18/2006
Copyright © 2024 Jim Benz
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 04/18/06 at 02:17 AM Holy smokes, Jim...this is quite the keeper, alright. Congrats on the words, and the years! |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/18/06 at 02:19 AM Such a loving observation marrying past and present. |
| Posted by Peter Humphreys on 04/18/06 at 07:38 AM This is a love song as beautiful as white silk. Thank you, Jim. |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 04/18/06 at 11:08 AM Short, but sweet. This says so much in so few wirds. Lovely! |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 04/18/06 at 03:43 PM Oh how pure silk of love, Jim! How beautiful these few and simple words...you are poetry. |
| Posted by Ashok Sharda on 04/21/06 at 04:51 PM A beautiful tribute to a companion. |
| Posted by Rula Shin on 04/21/06 at 04:59 PM And though words lack the depth of this meaningful relationship, here you have done it justice through them. Beautiful. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 10/07/07 at 01:27 PM Amazingly simple, yet so profound! |
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