酷我-北美枫

[Lake]

helpless on the couch
my once vigorous father
points to the clivia
that unfurls its petals
in the morning dew


along the floor board
on the carpet a wet stain
where mould grows
day by day, a young heart
gradually filled with mildew

[[Lake]]

helpless on the couch
my once vigorous father
points to the clivia
that unfurls its petals
in the morning dew


along the floor board
on the carpet a wet stain
where mould grows
day by day, a young heart
gradually filled with mildew

[ericcoliu]

[[ericcoliu]]

[christine]

[[christine]]

[星子]

Sometimes when I see my parents get old, I am sad.
But last year they looked younger, it made me think how to grow old.
Age may not be the feareast . . .
_________________

[[ANNA]]

Sometimes when I see my parents get old, I am sad.
But last year they looked younger, it made me think how to grow old.
Age may not be the feareast . . .
_________________

[dundas]

[[dundas]]

[Lake]

Thank you all for the comments.

Interesting enough, these two verses were not written at the same time nor intended to be put together. Like Haiku, Tanka usually does not have a title unless a few are written in a sequence then a title is given. That's why I didn't have a title for them, I didn't number them either since they were not written in a sequence. From the readers' reaction however, it looks like these two seem to have a linkage.

Yeah, heart-wrenching, disheartening, saddening, that's all the poem tries to convey.

"Age may not be the feareast", aging alone may not be the most frightening thing, but aging plus being sick plus being helpless plus being alone is, I suppose.

Thanks again.

[[Lake]]

Thank you all for the comments.

Interesting enough, these two verses were not written at the same time nor intended to be put together. Like Haiku, Tanka usually does not have a title unless a few are written in a sequence then a title is given. That's why I didn't have a title for them, I didn't number them either since they were not written in a sequence. From the readers' reaction however, it looks like these two seem to have a linkage.

Yeah, heart-wrenching, disheartening, saddening, that's all the poem tries to convey.

"Age may not be the feareast", aging alone may not be the most frightening thing, but aging plus being sick plus being helpless plus being alone is, I suppose.

Thanks again.

[fanfan]

[[FAFAFA]]

[Lake]

[[Lake]]