Tag: short lyrics
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* sharing toys with Takuboku Ishikawa
Tanka are my sad toys. Takuboku Ishikawa Takuboku Ishikawa (1886 – 1912) said the above statement at the end of an essay, explaining how he approached the form with the intimacy of a diary. They were “sad” because he wrote them while unhappy – they were “toys” because they were useless to society. This outlook […]
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* from the car: verses & such
As we made our way from O to O – Oregon to Ohio – I found myself writing little lyrics along the way. I also wrote snippets of our conversation, bits that made me laugh or that meant something to me. I consider it a sort of travel journal/daybook – one strictly written in the […]
The Friday Influence 