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For: Tanka-Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Oliver Mckeithan
July 30, 2025
she cries in the heat
of this longest summer day
no rain to hide tears

summer rain is slow
clouds drift in like a whisper ~
a promise broken 
and grief like a coming storm 
with thunder the rain is here

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Date: 8/4/2025 8:47:00 AM
Congratulations on this winning work. Way to go. Great to see your name on the winners' list. I can feel the emotion in this one. Sara K
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Date: 8/3/2025 10:55:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. What a beautiful write and picture. We need rain. Can you send some over??? Hahaha!!! Have a blessed day with your win................
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Date: 8/3/2025 10:38:00 AM
Congrats on your placement in my contest Chetta. Like the picture for the prompt.
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Date: 7/31/2025 6:01:00 AM
Our tears need a place to hide in our grief and we need the storm that seems to yell at the top of its lungs.
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Date: 7/30/2025 5:25:00 PM
your poem just spoke to me--the raw sadness and grief adequately expressed in just a few lines. Excellent! enjoy your evening, Sara
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