Public library--
with one hundred million words
yet no voice is heard.
The wisdom found in the books
is understood in silence.
Andrew Hide
26~01~2004
Author notes
Written January 26th, 2004
In a list
A contest entry
- Tanka - The Contest by Harlequin Bunny.
300 points, ended February 2, 2004, 20 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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ilike the modern style, tenor of the phrases more complete than many...PK
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Enjoyable perspective.... with exceptional layers.
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This would be a great poem to have posted as people enter the library. Also a good way to show children that a library is a place to be silent. I love this tanka and the pivot again.
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This is brilliant! I have always loved to go into a public library, sit down with a book and do my research or reading. I love it. You have captured the atmosphere inside the library in a really good way in this tanka. It is one of the best of tanka I have read so far on AP. I loved lines 4 and 5. The pivot line, L3, is also great! Heartiest congratulations on bringing home the silver!
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AndrewHide~
Hey! I thought that this poem was good. It was short and to the point. Keep up the good work. I look forward to reading more poems by you.
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What a perfect paradox ... waiting around for all these years to be voiced by our own Andrew Hide!
Well done, dear Poet. All those silent voices yelled their approval ...
A lovely contest entry.
Myra -
i like this is made me think lol
i like the wording and the flow
keep it up
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Everyone has said something about this, so what left is there to say? You've captured the essence of tanka. Thought-stimulating.
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perfect
Oh.... I am not the greatest fan of haiku & tanka...but this was perfect...and I can't imagine it in any other form. Thanks for proving to me - once again - that these can be wondrous froms when perfectly done...and for sharing your lovely mind.
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Congrats on silver! It's well-deserved. I enjoyed this immensely- the library is one of my favorite places, and you captured the atmosphere perfectly. The last two lines, about wisdom being understood in silence, were my favorites. Beautiful tanka. Love, Jen.
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Congratulations! Andrew another trophy SSSSHHHHH:::::::::::: with so much silence.
, /aplause/
Wim
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It's terrific. And you got the pretty trophy, congrats.
Cheers,
Absinthe
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Congrats on your trophy here. I didn't realize I hadn't commented on this. It really is quite good. It deserves to win...Susan
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Hrm .. I havn't commented on this one yet? I thought I had ...
ANYWAY - this is a wonderful poem, with a subject I don't think I've ever seen in poetic form, oddly enough. You'd think the library would be quite a popular topic .. I know it's one of my favorite places to go. It seems almost an oxymoron in the beginning, with it's play on words .. a million words, but not a single voice. Thank you for entering! -
awful to think of the silent words being wasted on the walls and shelving eh?
well done from someone who isn't really clueless on haiku
and making it effective or normally even desiring to read it!!
) sarah
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Makes me want to go to the library and just look through the books for a while. I can spend hours in a library and never get bored..some think I'm wierd, but I've loved books since I was very young. You captured the library well here
Very nice.
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profound
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A real great work- I stood there in a library and saw the people reading and studying in silence, I saw a lady with glasses on her nose and could smell old books- a wonderful picture in just a few words- well set- thank you for a good moment
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Very nice and very true. It is indeed the most well spoken but never heard place on earth.
Tanka very much Mr Hide
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good
Wonderful. One of my favorite places on earth, a beautiful library.
thanks for this.
John -
Tanka is one of my favorite forms and you have mastered it most wonderfully. This is just wonderful and really touches on the fact that silence truly is golden.
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This is superb, i was curious to read what you had written since i'm a Librarian, lol.. i had to smile at the line that said yet no voice is heard simply because where i work is so noisy, but then maybe that IS because i work there
I have never tried writing in this form, you make it look so very easy which i'm sure that it is not. This was really very well written, good luck in the contest
Blessings and Smiles
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so many forms of poetry, it is confusing to me. I don't think I can write within forms I am too undisciplined for that and I really love the way you succintly put so much wisdom in so few words. Well Done once again Andrew and a true pleasure to read. A good poem is one that either touches the heart or or makes you think. Well this one surely makes me think and it is 4 am I should be asleep.
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Well done! I really liked this, and am now intrigued as to the rules of the poem form. I could almost feel the silence, on a quiet afternoon in Truro library... I miss libraries... off to look at the contest, good luck!
Sheona -
yes, it is
and a beautiful sound that silence takes in found
in the library.
cheers
Tamara -
Once again you have achieved a nice balance between the two thoughts. I still can't seem to get this form to work for me. Maybe someday when I least expect it something will click. Good luck in this contest.
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