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\"Trinity<\/a>
Trinity College Library in Dublin in Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The dead do not talk
\nSilent: lips sealed, unspeaking
\nConversation ended.<\/p>\n

But from these pages of books
\nThey speak from the library<\/p>\n

From a writing prompt at a Facebook tanka group “”Tanka on Site”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The dead do not talk Silent: lips sealed, unspeaking Conversation ended. But from these pages of books They speak from the library From a writing prompt at a Facebook tanka group “”Tanka on Site”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3528],"tags":[3530,3529],"class_list":["post-3571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tanka","tag-dead-writers","tag-tanka-library","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-VB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2497,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/lovers-of-the-lakes-of-tears\/","url_meta":{"origin":3571,"position":0},"title":"Lovers of the Lakes of Tears","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"23rd January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Imilchil wedding festival is an annual gathering of the Berber peoples so betrothals can take place. 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