[The 'I Heard Voices Unbidden' Award: Tanka Category] by Misty
I don't know who said it, but I can definitely hear it.It's time for the 'I Heard Voices Unbidden' Award.
After looking at everyone's work, I heard so many voices that I regretted announcing this award.
I've written a little bit here about how I end up reading text out loud in my head.
I have painstakingly narrowed down the selection to works that'sound just like them.'I have no comments other than the voices themselves.
It might be a nuisance to the authors, but
please forgive me, as 'I couldn't help but hear them.'
Now, here are the 13 works in the Tanka category.
I've left a certificate at the end. Please take it if you'd like.
(Fill in your own name!)
Things that cannot be helped and things that will be,
I am the snow and you are the stars.
(The 'toka' is the clincher, Kang Hanna)
I found a chimney, but it was a public bath,
Santa had just taken a quick dip.
(Keaton Yamada: 'Continuing to the second half')
Looking down at the overgrown garden with an apology,
Christmas roses, what's what.
(Sawa Suzuki)
Oversleeping and looking up at the early spring sky,
Winter azure boosted.
(Kenichi Endo)
The solo trip I always see when I'm lonely,
Street View traveling through a pure white world.
(Ikkei Ozawa)
I've had enough of the cold, so I'm staying inside,
Come to think of it, they were selling beans yesterday.
(Yutaka Matsushige, naturally, Kodoku no Gourmet)
No matter how I look at it, only curveballs come to mind,
Spinning thoughts under the winter sky.
(Yutaka Takenouchi)
On the way home holding a piping hot roasted sweet potato,
Do your best today and tomorrow, me.
(Mari Hoshino)
A child stuffing their cheeks with a meat bun,
rolled with an Italian soul, creates the future.
(Tomoga Tsukaji)
Calling the flash that tears through the night sky of shells
beautiful—that, too, is human.
(Takehiko Ono)
The Tadami Line traveling through the snowy valley,
Tipsy on the road to restoration.
(Seiji Rokkaku)
The last scene of the winter sea, departing from Futtsu,
You stand up saying, 'Shall we go?'
(Ren Osugi)
Live with a smile, without complaining,
1.17 and 3.11 taught us that.
(Announcer Sachiko Kagami)
That is all. I would be happy if you would accept the certificate as well.
Until next time.
May good things happen to you all.
My Polar Bear Tanka submissions are here.
Why don't you all try an 'Unbidden Award'too?
The "I Heard Voices Unbidden Award" The other two categories are here.