S E a S H E L L S - the Hotan Style
~Seashells~
(Hotan)
Seashells are pretty
They're nice, very colorful
Can be found at the seashores
By the sea
Walking at the beach
There, they show
For our very eyes
As waves lapping come and go,
With the ebb and flow.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010
May.09.2017
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
- Mark Twain-
~Author's Notes:
The " Hotan " is a Japanese syllabic poetry form or style. The Hotan is a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).
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