Tanka - Autumn Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Tanka - Autumn

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i walk over fallen
shrivilled leaves
all my words to you
that have come to naught
my soul bare as the tree

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Autumn
Thou comest, Autumn, heralded by the rain,
With banners, by great gales incessant fanned,
Brighter than brightest silks of Samarcand,
And stately oxen harnessed to thy wain!
Thou standest, like imperial Charlemagne,
Upon thy bridge of gold; thy royal hand
Outstretched with benedictions o'er the land,
Blessing the farms through all thy vast domain!
Thy shield is the red harvest moon, suspended
So long beneath the heaven's o'er-hanging eaves;
Thy steps are by the farmer's prayers attended;
Like flames upon an altar shine the sheaves;
And, following thee, in thy ovation splendid,
Thine almoner, the wind, scatters the golden leaves!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Chuck Audette 20 June 2005

Really like this one, great imagery. -chuck

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john tiong chunghoo

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Sibu, Sarawak, Borneo East Malaysia
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