Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TANKA, by ELIZABETH HAYNES SANDS



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TANKA, by                    
First Line: The beech leaves falling
Last Line: Of withered palsied fingers.
Subject(s): Autumn; Death; Leaves; Seasons; Fall; Dead, The


The beech leaves falling
From brittle twigs are like bits
Of yellowed paper
Dropping from the nerveless grasp
Of withered palsied fingers.





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