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John Nada's avatar

I shall have to write these, yours are lovely, I particularly liked 4 & 5.

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Teresa Renton's avatar

Stunning! And III was beyond mesmerising 🥰

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Ashley M Graetz's avatar

Fantastic poems

My prayer to impermannce.

"The only permanence in life is longing."

人生において唯一永続するものは憧れです。

Jinsei ni oite yuiitsu eizoku suru mono wa akogaredesu.

https://ashleygraetz.bandcamp.com/album/impermanence

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The Sawyer's Daughter's avatar

Love these tanka poems. And I always enjoy learning a new word or two. Today's discovery: alanine. What a lovely melodic, albeit strictly scientific term!

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Stefano Carini's avatar

Thank you for sharing. Please allow me to respond with an Haiku on whales:

Do whales ever cry?

their tears flow—immortal nights

deep into tides

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