A dark moon rising
mirrors despair upon the lake.
Black covers the waves,
smothering the winter light.
Drowning dreams of hope
The dark night, mirrors despair, drowning the dreams of hope. Such a beautiful expression of feelings. I think this is a superb tanka, Lynn, extremely well written. A full 10
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I would like to translate this poem
Beautiful. I'm not really good at analyzing poetry, but this one touched deep.