Fuyuko Tomita – Tanka – February 26, 2015

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Georgia

Hito wa mina/onore o utsusu/ kagami nari/mina sariyukuyo to/emishi hito wamo
Actors we all are, she said
mirrors to reflect
each other
We all leave the stage, she said
and left a smile in mine

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Ridi Pagliaccio
acting out melodrama
without Puccini
each day a new opera
when living in Italy

Italy reflects
fifty shades of drama
in crystal tones
hard not to giggle sometimes
but it’s all so serious

a car crashes
spectators and actors
all shout together
then on this stage in the street
the police enter stage left

Carpe Diem Haiku Special

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30 thoughts on “Fuyuko Tomita – Tanka – February 26, 2015”

Jackie Le Poidevin on February 26, 2015 at 13:40 said:

“Each day a new opera when living in Italy” is lovely but that clown is going to give me nightmares!

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- Bastet on February 26, 2015 at 17:36 said:
  
  Sorry … I chose if for Pagliacci … and reflections … and yeah, pretty gruesome isn’t it!
  
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  - Look for A Lovely Thing on February 26, 2015 at 17:54 said:
    
    That’s Pennywise the clown (who’s really an eponymous being who lives in the sewers) from Stephen King’s novel “It” just before he murders that little boy in the yellow raincoat. He should give anyone the horrors. RUN, GEORGE, RUN!
    
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    - Bastet on February 27, 2015 at 10:46 said:
      
      Thanks for informing me, never read the book nor seen the film … I’m thinking I should change the clown!
      
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Mark M. Redfearn on February 26, 2015 at 14:29 said:

When the police enter, strange things often happen…

Final Performance

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- Bastet on February 27, 2015 at 10:48 said:
  
  Ah yes … less here maybe in some places, but that depends on the area.
  
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readinpleasure on February 26, 2015 at 16:09 said:

Nicely done! 🙂

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- Bastet on February 26, 2015 at 17:34 said:
  
  Thanks …
  
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Jen on February 27, 2015 at 02:26 said:

Dayum! Post a warning when you share that image, milady!!! That scene gave me nightmares, LOL!

Loved this series — especially the second one — !!! Nicely done. 🙂

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- Bastet on February 27, 2015 at 11:08 said:
  
  Sorry … GF and another person (and now you) have informed me that that was a particularly omenous clown to put up … sorry, I’m not into horror and so didn’t realize that that was so creepy.
  
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  - Jen on February 27, 2015 at 11:09 said:
    
    Oh, you’d have no way of knowing if you don’t follow horror. It’s even an accident that I know about it — stumbled across it on TV one day and was too terrified to extricate myself from it! But I meant the comments in a joking way — hope you’re not offended o.O
    
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    - Bastet on February 27, 2015 at 11:35 said:
      
      nah … nothing to be offended about really .. but I’ve put Caruso in the clowns place … so now I finally undertatnd why people are so “horrified” by clowns … live and learn!
      
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Cheryl-Lynn on February 27, 2015 at 06:59 said:

Brava, cara…reminds me a bit of our locals here, shouting, talking with their hands, I imagine the drama is 10 times what we see here. When the police arrive on the scene, here everyone takes out their smartphones …that clown looks like the one on IT…brrrr scary!

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- Bastet on February 27, 2015 at 11:17 said:
  
  Alas for that forsaken clown … I’ve been informed that that is so 😦 my bad, I didn’t investigat the photo well was in a hurry … it just matched my needs – a clown in what looked like a reflection … so an illusion.
  
  Actually it depends more or less on the area (the hand jargon I mean) but basically it’s a “full body” act just like looking at a scene from an opera … when the police pull up, everything kind of calms down … people have usually already pulled out their phones and sometimes they post them on YouTube! More operetic than that …
  
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The Muscleheaded Blog on February 27, 2015 at 10:46 said:

hahaha— well done– there’s so much here to love. 🙂

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- Bastet on February 27, 2015 at 11:26 said:
  
  I changed the photo though … better Caruso than Stephen King 🙂
  
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  - The Muscleheaded Blog on February 27, 2015 at 11:29 said:
    
    I get that. 😀
    
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    - Bastet on February 27, 2015 at 11:57 said:
      
      🙂 been knocked off line again and I’m at the library … hopefully I’ll get a post up … how are you doing … solved you tooth problem? I’ve not not read much the last week so I’m way behind reading … and that’s such a bother!
      
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      - The Muscleheaded Blog on February 28, 2015 at 07:10 said:
        
        I’m sorry about your online problem — that is a total drag. 😦
        
        no, not yet.. but I found some old antibiotics and have been taking them to keep the infection down. hopefully, when I get my taxes filed, I’ll get a refund and I can get it fixed. 😀
        
        I’ve noticed your absence! How’s the library’s connection, any good?
        
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      - Bastet on February 28, 2015 at 11:38 said:
        
        The library’s connection isn’t half bad at all .. the problem with the library is that it’s not like in the States … they’re only opened in the afternoons except for Friday, Saturday and Monday when they’re opened in the morning … I’m a morning person, but I think you noticed that 🙂
        
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      - The Muscleheaded Blog on February 28, 2015 at 11:53 said:
        
        That’s something I would never have thought of — I’ve never even walked into a library overseas, but that would be quite a shock ! 😀
        
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      - Bastet on February 28, 2015 at 12:20 said:
        
        I know what you mean … sigh … it’s such a different world, and we’re lucky … here in Trentino the library system actually works, there are some places that are far far worse than here.
        
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      - The Muscleheaded Blog on March 3, 2015 at 06:54 said:
        
        It’s easy to take the concept of a free library for granted — and it does sound like you’re lucky !!! 🙂
        
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      - Bastet on March 3, 2015 at 07:12 said:
        
        It really is true you know. In most of Italy, the library system is only on paper. I’ve always said, for many reasons, that living in Trentino is like living in an oasis .. this seems to be another confirmation.
        
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      - The Muscleheaded Blog on March 3, 2015 at 08:05 said:
        
        I think you really did pick a copasetic spot !!! 🙂
        
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      - Bastet on March 3, 2015 at 09:37 said:
        
        Wow … love that word Chris! And of course you’re right!
        
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      - The Muscleheaded Blog on March 3, 2015 at 09:58 said:
        
        🙂 Hahaha– 🙂
        
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      - Bastet on March 3, 2015 at 10:13 said:
        
        😀 and \O/ and XXXs
        
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Rall on February 27, 2015 at 15:09 said:

Oh the drama of Italy. Just loved this poem. You have captured the Latin temparment brilliantly…fifty shades of drama….I miss that….Oh well…you can’t have everything 🙂

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- Bastet on February 28, 2015 at 11:23 said:
  
  Sometimes I’d love to live in a place where drama is an optional … 😉
  
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