Mark Martin Poet Haiku

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Haiku aversion
Heptadecaphobia
Tanka therapy



Entry to "anxiety" contest

Written 25th February 2017

Note: heptadecaphobia is the fear of the number seventeen, the number of syllables in a haiku

Tanka is an alternative Japanese poetry form

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Paul Callus April 1, 2017 at 9:21 AM Now that I know what 'heptadecaphobia' means, I can classify this as original and clever, Mark! Congratulations!! // paul Mark Martin April 1, 2017 at 10:16 AM Thanks Paul! :-)

Joseph May March 31, 2017 at 9:46 PM Very clever Mark..Congrats on your win Mark Martin March 31, 2017 at 10:04 PM Thanks Joseph! :-)

Deborah Burch March 4, 2017 at 3:39 PM Lol!! Too clever Mark!! I like it!! :) Big Hugggs. Deb Mark Martin March 5, 2017 at 10:53 AM Thanks Deb! :-)

Andrea Dietrich March 2, 2017 at 7:09 PM oh my this is SUPER clever. Tanka for the footnote!!! SEVEN Mark Martin March 3, 2017 at 4:46 PM Your welcome Andrea! :-) Couldn't believe that heptadecaphobia has exactly seven syllables. Or that such a thing really exists. All the best! Mark :-)

Jan Allison February 25, 2017 at 4:15 PM Funny, informative and clever Mark:-) hugs Jan xx Mark Martin February 25, 2017 at 9:41 PM Thanks Jan! All the best! Mark :-)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart February 25, 2017 at 2:29 PM Hilarious;) Mark Martin February 25, 2017 at 2:35 PM Glad you enjoyed it Maureen! All the best! Mark :-)

Darlene De Beaulieu February 25, 2017 at 2:17 PM I found this Haiku very interesting.I hope you win.Nice to meet you Mark . Mark Martin February 25, 2017 at 2:19 PM Thank you Darlene! :-)