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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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  1. brazannemuse's avatar
    brazannemuse on W3 :: you beginNovember 8, 2026

    Whoops, shows I didn't know Atwood's poem! but I also love how you brought the colours back down into a…

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    brazannemuse on W3 :: you beginNovember 8, 2026

    I love how you have colourfully expanded out from the hand and back again - stunning đź’žSuzanne

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    JosieHolford on W3 :: you beginNovember 7, 2026

    That's some remarkable distillation! You’ve taken Atwood’s sprawling, existential poem and compressed it into just thirteen words - mapping the…

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    ben Alexander on W3 :: you beginNovember 7, 2026

    Elizabeth, I just love how you turn a child's first lesson with nine crayons into a lesson about life itself,…

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    poetisatinta on W3 :: you beginNovember 6, 2026

    The poem you selected is wonderful and your haiku is superb 🍂

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