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Day: August 18, 2020

Station

Image credit: no attribution chosen by Kitty from kittysverses
time imposes the cure or despair
waiting to be healed or broken
departures and arrivals
the distance hurts the soul
going and coming
at each far end
a lone heart
reckons
time

a photo prompt for today’s tanka tuesday. i’ve chosen a nonet to go with this pretty image.

Posted on August 18, 2020 by ElizabethPosted in PoetryTagged Nonet, Poetry, Tanka Tuesday. 19 Comments
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    hi, Elizabeth❣️ Just wanna let you know that this week's W3, hosted by our beloved Jodi, is live until Monday:…

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    I love that you used the butterfly cinquain and made it into a concrete poem as well!! Bravo!

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    Elizabeth, I love how your poem shows that real change starts when we choose to let go, making those gentle…

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