Tanka VIII
Could I hear your voice O but this silence is sweet Words mar all beauty. Turn then into your own heart And pluck the roots from the soil--
Lewis Alexander
Could I hear your voice O but this silence is sweet Words mar all beauty. Turn then into your own heart And pluck the roots from the soil--
In this five-line tanka, the speaker nearly wishes they could hear the beloved’s voice, then catches themselves. The quiet between them feels too sweet to break, and words, the speaker says, only mar beauty.
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