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

perfection?

he is not perfect

but he does not hide his flaws

he embraces them

just as he embraces me

he is my love, forever

she is not perfect

and i see the makeup that

changes her beauty

from real to artificial

do i want her forever?

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