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The Three Japanese Tankas were my favorite. I liked them because they were short but very powerful. How you can see the picture in your head when she said “… on broad you drifting ship/ not a day has passed/  that i haven’t been  drenched/ in cold waves.”  You can see her on a boat getting all wet but the deeper meaning is that he just keep going back to his old ways and didn’t change.

Another example is “how sad that i hope/ to see you now…” she still wants to see him and misses him. “…after life has emptied itself/ like a stalk of a grain/ into the autumn winds.” you can see the empty husk but he means after he has left her and the time has gone by. these are two of the reasons why I liked the Three Japanese Tankas.