Biographical Poetry posted April 25, 2024 Chapters:  ...23 24 -25- 26... 


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#25 - NaPoWriMo 2024 - Five Tankas

A chapter in the book Love is in the Air

Our Grandchildren

by Ginda Simpson


Michael, our grandson
what grew you into a man?
Surely it was love
and work, and play, and prayer
and that dog of yours, Bullseye.

Natalie, sweet girl
blossomed into young woman
miracle of love
its mystery and magic
woven into your red braids

Megan, spicey hot
erupting into woman
volcano of love
primed to set the world on fire
lava flow of energy

Lorelei, so strong
answering her siren's call
life designed with love
in pursuit of truth always
blazing untread paths to home

Nora, nature's child
pondering her world with care
discovering love
in all earth's hidden places
soaring high among the stars

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Five tankas about my five grandchildren. The tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as â??short song,â?? and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form.
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