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Writing Prompt

POEM STARTER

Submitted by Maranda Quinn

Write a Somonka from the perspectives of two lovers. A Somonka is made of two Tankas, with the second responding to the first.

A tanka consists of five lines with a syllabic structure of 5-7-5-7-7

Writings

Lovers Anew

seven days ago

we surrendered on a porch

finding the courage

to ignite our double torch

and as our truths matched, our kiss


lit the sacred spark,

set our hearts and souls alight,

chasing away the

dark; and since licked by the flames,

I’ve burned for one more night


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seven days ago

truths of mine bared and vanished

which of us fell first?

who crossed the line that managed

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Opposite Lovers

I love you so much,

there’s something about you,

I just can’t resist.

You are way too attractive,

I won’t take my eyes off you.


I hate you so much,

you’re making me feel so mad,

I really need space.

Please leave me alone right now,

I’m so uncomfortable....

starlight

waiting on the moon

i send stars to keep him safe

restlessly loving

though she waits days upon days

the silence becomes starlight...

I Cannot Take You

I wish to hold you

I’m not sure when or how, but

I must find a way

You look like you need someone

And that person could be me


…


Stay away from me

Don’t get me wrong, I love you

Like, as a sister

I have a wife who I love

I’d do anything for her...

Noticed

As I stared at her

I could not help but notice

I was her lover

Back when I was twenty one

We made love like two love birds...

Do you love me dear?

I have a question.

I cant help but to wonder,

Do you love me dear?

Do you think of me at night?

Do you want me all the time?



Yes dear I’m all ears!

Ok, I am listening

Of course I love you honey!

I dream of you every night!

I want you at all hours!



…



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One With It

Can’t hear what you say!

Your voice is low and darkened.

My love, come today!

In my dreams, I feel frightened,

Surrounded by ghouls, I pray…


My sweet, I am here!

Desperate to hold you again,

Come to me, don’t fear!

Darkness won’t let you feel pain.

I’m one with it now, my dear…...

Somonka

You come to me, love,

like a homing pigeon lands

at the precise place

she takes flight to find, that makes

my heart have sky, my sky—wings.


I come to you, love,

like you are my horizon,

filled with grace and light,

that my sight depends on, that

my love needs for a future....

Shall I?

Shall I read to you?

Read you a story of love

Of our life, my dear?

I shall hold you tight with care

I shall whisper in your hair


Shall you do such things?

Bind me with your lies and strings

Of my suffering?

Hold my throat so tightly, you?

Tugging the strands out my hair...

Dearest Lover

My dearest Lover,

Her beauty not in deaths grasp

Her soul colour, white

Her it is who owns my heart

Be my Lover, forever



Your dearest Lover:

Beauty is not eternal

Souls, turn grey with age

Still, let’s rythem our heatbeat

I will be yours, forever...