a time to be glad

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If someone handed you a box with everything in it

that you had ever lost, what is the first thing you

would look for

Everything You've Ever Lost Poetry Contest
sponsored by Jaymee Thomas 01/16/24 hms

the spark i once had to wake beside mum and dad before i could add that life can turn pretty bad ~ a time never to be sad

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Victor Buhagiar

Date: 1/18/2024 2:44:00 AM

How sad to lose both parents. Great Tanka.

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/18/2024 9:03:00 AM

Thanks Victor, I was lucky to have both around til I reached adulthood, some of my friends lost parents at a very young age, turning their early lives into a living nightmare, cheers David

Lin Lane

Date: 1/17/2024 11:18:00 AM

Usually, a tanka does not rhyme, but there's no rule against it. We were safe as children, but parents can't always protect us.

Lin Lane
Date: 1/17/2024 1:06:00 PM

I knew my father could do anything. He's what I would search for. Rhyme away!

David Kavanagh
Date: 1/17/2024 1:03:00 PM

Of course they cannot Lin, but there was a time as a young child I believed they could, that is exactly the first thing I lost, and the first thing I would search for in that imaginary box, I seem to be on a monorhyme buzz at the moment, amazing the phases we go through, cheers David