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
Somonka For Travelers
The myrtle blossomed,
There, I sent you a petal.
A piece of summer.
From far away, can you hear?
This is how I say your name.
Who called me just now?
Is it the rain, soft on leaves?
A dove with no nest?
With the summer, she calls me.
Out of silence, love has bloomed.
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