From Russia With Love (Tanka) Poem by Govind Ramakrishnan

From Russia With Love (Tanka)



under the radar
a guile master
pulls the strings ~~
this orange puppet
dances to his tune

© 2016

Friday, December 16, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: politics
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Barry Middleton 13 January 2017

Maybe not under the radar much longer. LOL

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Jenny Straton 18 December 2016

Can't believe that we have come down to this. Great senryu!

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Ajit Kumar 18 December 2016

This is so funny. The orange puppet does not even know that his strings are being pulled.

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Stephen Park 18 December 2016

Top notch stuff. Love the irony of the tanka and love the title even more.

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Guru Kothandaraman 16 December 2016

Great satire and clever composition. I loved the tanka.

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