tanka, other poetry, & insignificant writings of janet lynn davis
Friday, September 6, 2013
Silhouettes
For the rest of this month at twigs&stones, there will be a "Back to School" theme. The first one: silhouettes we made of ourselves in grade school ... how many know me only by my profile —A Hundred Gourds, June 2013
Ah, another kind of semi-invisibility. Do we really ever know anyone by more than a profile? Another wonderful tanka shifting seamlessly from the ordinary to the metaphorical.
Thanks for your kind and thought-provoking comments, J. Your question: A good one. I have hopes that with a few people, if we allow ourselves to, and if those people also allow us to, we can from time to time see bits of the stuff beyond the profile.
I remember those silhouettes. A nice back-to-school memory recalled.
ReplyDeleteYou write brilliant tanka! Another one just spot-on.
ReplyDeleteThanks, you two. (Your comment is too kind, PL!) I wish I had the shadow picture(s) of mine, though I doubt my mother kept it/them.
ReplyDeleteAh, another kind of semi-invisibility. Do we really ever know anyone by more than a profile? Another wonderful tanka shifting seamlessly from the ordinary to the metaphorical.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind and thought-provoking comments, J. Your question: A good one. I have hopes that with a few people, if we allow ourselves to, and if those people also allow us to, we can from time to time see bits of the stuff beyond the profile.
DeleteA terrific tanka, again.
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Nice of you to say, Adelaide.
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