May 30, 2013 Hardened Heart – A Tanka 4 Comments A heart once hardened Ferments in caustic hatred Shutting out true love Tragic is this festering Leaving nothing but ashes ~ ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~ Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Like Loading... Related Posted by Dom DiFrancesco in Poetry Tagged: anger, fester, festering, hate, hatred, heart, love, pain, poem, poetry, rage, sadness, suffering, tanka
so true Dom… nice poem…
Thank you very much. :)
Hate and festering really do go hand in hand. I love it when those words are together.
Thank you Charles, I was hoping that they would work together well. :)