A ‘Magnetic Poem’ tanka
masculine mouth smiles
that smooth sensuous mustache
more symbol than style
sexy face a mystery
poet dude's alluring ode
Notes
- Last time, I attempted to write a poem with the ‘Geek Set’ for the first time; and for this poem, I decided to try out the ‘Mustache Set’;
- I had thought that the ‘Geek Set’ would be easier than the ‘Nature Set’, but – oh boy – was I mistaken about that;
- And – just now – I discovered that using the ‘Mustache Set’ is even more difficult;
- I again opted for a tanka, rather than a haiku;
- Tanka traditionally have a ‘turn’ in the 3rd line, but I didn’t include one in this poem because it turned out to be too much of a challenge for me;
- In fact, putting together any mustache-themed words at all that sounded anything like a poem was not easy;
- I searched for a photograph of this particular model smiling (as the poet does in the tanka), but I couldn’t… so I opted for a pensive pose of his instead, which, I decided, is what he looks like when he writes poetry 🧔
