Gabriel Rosenstock’s Tanka Series – 10
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1.
to the very end
learning the grammar of love
my only duty
examine me, i’m ready
i have burned the midnight oil
2.
i’m a mad fruit bat
trying to gobble up the sun
You’re beyond my reach
shall i fly into the dusk
or will You come to my aid
3.
dark night of the soul
it lasted a thousand years
too many false dawns
suddenly out of nowhere
a voice shattered the shadows
4.
is it from the east
or does it come from the west
where does it come from
it comes from here and from there
cicada’s song – everywhere
About the Author
Gabriel Rosenstock is a bilingual poet (in Irish & English), haikuist, tankaist, playwright, novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator, writer for children and champion of ‘forlorn causes’ – the phrase is Hugh MacDiarmid’s. He is a Lineage Holder of Celtic Buddhism and a member of Aosdána (the Irish academy of arts and letters). Among his awards is the Tamgha-i-Khidmat medal (Pakistan) for services to literature. His latest titles are free volumes of ekphrastictanka, Every Night I Send You Flowers, and The Road to Corrymore, published by Cross-Cultural Communications, New York, and EDOCR: https://www.edocr.com/v/ox5ekdgm/gabrielrosenstockbis99/EVERY-NIGHT-I-SEND-YOU-FLOWERS
His website: https://www.rosenstockandrosenstock.com
