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).
Disdain for Venezia
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!
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