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POEM STARTER
Write a Tanka, or a series of linked Tankas, on the theme of loyalty.
A Tanka is a short form of poetry with 5 lines: 5 syllables in the first line, then 7, then 5, then 7, and 7 syllables in the final line (5,7,5,7,7).
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One you’d least expect.
‘To put bread on the table
for my wife and son.
Twenty-seven awful years,
mainland living suits me now.’
But look at the sights!
To the left, church of Mary,
To the right, sorbet.
‘Don’t worry about my thoughts,
your pleasure, my employer.’
Rowing and towing,
quiet ripples in canal,
lovely Sunday ride.
Cynicism won’t blind us.
Our sour, grumpy gondolier!...
Battle's fierce embrace,
A soldier stands, a stoic face.
His vows never sway,
In the end, the price is paid.
A loyal heart, beyond life’s trace.
Waiting for the day,
When freedom will finally ring.
Deep down in his heart,
He knows it may never come.
Chin raised, he fights anyway...
Bricks of love are laid,
Promises, so sweetly made.
The foundation cracks,
Loyalty begins to fade.
Hearts break, red gives way to black.
Trust once unbroken,
Now lies scattered all around.
Truths left unspoken,
Hatred spewed in words unbound,
Love lost, can never be found.
Walls once stood so tall,
Now a quiet, crumbling fall.
Trust dies as tears fall,
Hollow screams in empty halls,
Shadows d...
Sing my dying dog
Howl for the immortal world
Pant from your dead eyes
Humid breath hitting me fast
Your canine soul ascending
You still feel so young
Tiny paws pitter patting
Now limp in my palm
I’ll ferment with you, here, Dog
While we are above the soil
I’ll buy us a bed
One final furr to face nap
Oh my girl - so dead
Someone get my iron gun
I can’t leave you alone, run
Till stars l...
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