General Poetry posted July 13, 2024


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Keeping the relationship afloat

s.o.s.

by Rachelle Allen

Across the lagoon I wait
for your lifeguard shift to end
hoping you swim home to me
I need mouth-to-mouth



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This is the week's assignment in Gypsy's Japanese Poetry Club:
Dodoitsu is a Japanese poetic form developed towards the end of the Edo period (1603 to 1867) You may use any theme. Form: four lines with 7-7-7-5 syllables and no rhyme for a total of 26 syllables. The tone and structure derives from Japanese folk song traditions. The dodoitsu often focuses on love or work with a comical twist but you can use any topic you like. The title can be anything you like.

Club entry for the "DODOITSU POEM" event in "JAPANESE POETRY CLUB".  Locate a writing club.
Pays one point and 2 member cents.


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