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

We Moved To Different Rooms

When my Grandad had died

I said that we were coping

By crying alone,

sitting in separate rooms.

Facing each other after.


When your Grandad had died

It was one of the rare times

when you were real to me,

showing me your true feelings

Sadly unshared in family

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