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Couples weigh 'strategic divorce' to save on taxes

Vaasokht

Vaasokht 

Values warp love intrigue
Vexed liaison unfair
Vetted assails exacts
Volatile edged divorce
Vaasokht has six rhymed lines
Very old forms have eight
Views last two as unrhymed

*Syllabics checked via howmanysyllables

2020 October 28
*1st Place*
Pleiades 3
~~Joseph May
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Dietrich Avatar
October 30, 2020 at 8:17 PM
gosh I never heard of this before, but you were very ambitious using V words. WELL DONE. Congrats on a wonderful win.
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
October 30, 2020 at 8:31 PM
I raced against the clock on this one, Andrea, being the 35th entry, and now Tania's, 'Spooky', ~phew! Thanks, also for the accolade, Aloha!
Y. Avatar
October 28, 2020 at 7:25 PM
Hi William, I never heard of the form. Thank for bringing to my attention in this well written write. Have a wonderful evening:-) Alexis
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
October 28, 2020 at 9:41 PM
Hello Alexis, glad for my intro as your muse awaits, I am made humble, have a great tomorrow, Aloha!
Rodrigues Avatar
October 28, 2020 at 7:24 PM
A form I haven’t heard of! Congrats, William!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
October 28, 2020 at 9:38 PM
Glad noting my intro and accolade, Kim, Aloha!
May Avatar
October 28, 2020 at 4:33 PM
Very nicely penned William, Congrats on your win..
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
October 28, 2020 at 9:23 PM
Thank you, Joseph, for this wondrous opportunity, Aloha!
Kauffman Avatar
October 28, 2020 at 10:52 AM
Congratulations on your first place win, William. Your poetic form is vividly painted through your remarkable imagery. All the best! Aloha oe!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
October 28, 2020 at 12:29 PM
I am grateful for your considerations, Sam, and your beefed up vocabulary, mahalo nui loa!
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