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Poetic Form: Tanka
Inspired: 2024 July 04
Image: Our Family Album
 

a scene in their eyes

my kids once called me
the walking problem solver
~ I am the problem
they are to resolve ~ failure
I lose ~ objectives they win
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Jones Avatar
July 4, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Great tanka! I admire you for I can’t master this form! Love the photo!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 5, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Mahalo Karen, I appreciate your candor, in-kind parting, Aloha William
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