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Charm, Elegance, and Intrigue Volume II

Charm, Elegance, and Intrigue Volume II

Schardine, Mark

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1961043173
ISBN13: 9781961043176
Publisher: Blue Jade Press LLC
Published: Apr 7 2026
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Charm, Elegance, and Intrigue Volume II, Mark Schardine primarily writes using the tanka form. Merriam-Webster defines tanka as An unrhymed Japanese verse form of five lines containing, five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables respectively In this volume, Mark shares stories of love, family, missed connections, adultery, and societal taboos. He deviates from traditional Japanese themes to make a tanka form his own. His work is influenced by perceived societal rigidity of the Victorian Era and its contrast to France's artistic Belle Époque. Mark tells a complete story, connects and engages readers, and encourages them to reflect in just thirty-one syllables.

The best way to experience this book is to keep it close. It is not a book that you read from cover to cover; but one you find yourself picking up time after time. You can find poems about redemption, revenge, remorse, or regret and read five or twenty. The poems in Charm, Elegance, and Intrigue Volume II will have you linger in contemplation and should be savored like your first sip of Chablis or your last swill of scotch.

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