My tanka in TANKA ORIGINS

dried up tears leave

no marks where her pain ends

and mine begins

on this face makeup damp

aching sweat and cold sighs

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R. K. Singh

India

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This tanka by R. K. is written with great empathy. R. K. himself is definitely present in this one for the pain is mutual with his subject of "her." To associate with someone else's pain is the deepest kind of empathy and well portrayed in this compassionate tanka.

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dried up tears leave

no marks where her pain ends

and mine begins

on this face makeup damp

aching sweat and cold sighs

​

R. K. Singh

India

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