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Tanka Times Two - Time and Clocks

Time racing quickly Clocks ticking madly The measures are absolute Conducting meters of life Keep pace with the race With synchronized hands Like maestros gaining control You must act now or never Join the endless concerto To achieve your finish line August 14, 2019 Contest: Invitation To Play Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper Two Tanka Intermingled; Read as one 10-line poem, or read separately as two 5-line poems. Tanka syllables: 5, 7, 5, 7, 7

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Date: 10/4/2019 9:00:00 PM
Sandra, congratulations on placing 9th in the Invitation to Play contest, I enjoyed your mixed use of the same form interleaved offering differing views of the play of time. Enjoyed reading it.
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Date: 8/15/2019 4:25:00 AM
A skillful construction with pleasing content. Well done, Sandra.
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