Welcome to the Debut
of the August Blog Bash 2012!
I am very much excited and honored to be hosting this new feature series... and it is a great way to end the summer! This Blog Bash is an impressive talent showcase of poets, artists, and writers/authors from all walks of life. For each day of this month, one individual will be featured here on this blog, at Origami Lotus Stones, my Twitter (hashtag will be #augblogbash), my Facebook community page, and on my blog page on Writing Our Way Home. Please be patient while I post on all platforms.
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Today's Feature: Christina (Tina) Nguyen
In reading both tanka, readers cannot help it but to smile at how heartwarming they both are. In both tanka, Nguyen also shares her joyful experiences as a mother. In "[lady's slipper]," Nguyen compares this distinct exotic flower to that of her "pregnant belly." Both images are very "showy" and delicate. It is interesting to note that the third line is what orients the time-frame as well as the reader in this beautiful midsummer's experience--that is, the blooms of both her "pregnant belly" and the "lady's slipper" flower.
In "[reading tanka]," I love that shared experience between mother and daughter in "reading tanka" from other authors, while at the same time, Nguyen bounces her child "on [her] lap." There is that lightheartednes in this special moment of maternal bonding with a child, yet at the same time, inspires "a poem . . . to form." This tanka goes from a shared experience of reading tanka to a more individual experience of potentially (or in the process of) writing one. I love how both tanka have that conciseness with beautiful diction and tender moments from the author's life. Also in both tanka, Nguyen demonstrates the versatility and beauty of writing tanka as a reflection of one's life like a diary--that is, to make it her own. Unlike the haiku, however, the tanka is more lyrical and fluid in style and form.
Such heartwarming work, Tina! Thank you so much for sharing and being one of the contributors! Also, I want to wish you a wonderful HAPPY BIRTHDAY as well as an EXTRA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR 1-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, DIANE! Today's feature is a little festive icing on both of your cakes! Enjoy your day!
(NB: Text arrangement on MS PowerPoint by Kathy Uyen Nguyen. Please note that text/graphics will be in this format.)
To check out more of Tina's work, you can click on the following link(s): A wish for the sky... (blog) @TinaNguyen (Twitter) Please do promote this new feature on Facebook, Twitter, etc.! Thanks so much for all the support! And look, my blog now has buttons (see below) to make your life easier! Come back tomorrow for a new artist/author feature!
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