Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #91, Basho’s boiled rice slop
meshi angu kaka ga chiso ya yu suzumi
boiled rice slop
his old lady fans the treat
with evening coolness © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
distant laughter of a child
stirs memories and smiles
Adas Poetry Alcove 
June 28, 2015 at 6:17 am
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June 29, 2015 at 11:40 pm
Nice completion Dolores. I lkie how you have a kind of balance into it by using youth in your 2nd stanza.
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June 30, 2015 at 4:25 am
Thanks Kristjaan. I kept reading it as very sarcastic and wanted to break the tension.
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