...and the Pages Turn

Tanka Tuesday #262 

theme prompt: transitions 

I've chosen the dodoitsu for my syllabic form. 

photo author's own - https://crowdedshelves.blogspot.com/

our lives are books of changes

chapters open, chapters close

marriage, children, empty nest

reach the end, and sigh

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Comments

  1. This is an interesting form. I can see its potential. Well done.

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    1. It is, I learned about it last year during the A-Z blogging challenge, for a D form.

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  2. Oh, something new. I like this form. Thanks for the intro 🙂

    Pat

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    1. You're very welcome! Last April for the A to Z blogging challenge I did A to Z of poetry forms, so learned a lot of new ones.

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    2. That was such a good idea! Bet that was fun.🙂

      Pat

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  3. I like the form too. It is very effective here as you describe life's big transitions.

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  4. This is great, Lisa! I love the concept of our lives being broken into chapters and the last one ending with a sigh. Beautiful! :-)

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    1. Thank you ever so much! I am SO happy that sigh was understood!

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  5. I like the way "sigh" can be read in different ways! Very lovely.

    Sincerely,
    David [ben Alexander]

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