...and the Pages Turn

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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

©2022 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved

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  1. Ken / rivrvlogrFebruary 23, 2022 at 9:24 AM

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

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    1. LisaFebruary 23, 2022 at 6:32 PM

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

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  2. Pat RFebruary 23, 2022 at 6:17 PM

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

    Pat

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    1. LisaFebruary 23, 2022 at 6:34 PM

      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. Pat RFebruary 25, 2022 at 11:04 AM

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

      Pat

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  3. LisaFebruary 23, 2022 at 6:32 PM

    Thank you. :)

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  4. D. AveryFebruary 25, 2022 at 8:51 AM

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

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  5. Yvette M CalleiroFebruary 26, 2022 at 2:12 PM

    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. LisaFebruary 26, 2022 at 6:13 PM

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

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  6. ben AlexanderFebruary 27, 2022 at 11:39 AM

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

    Sincerely,
    David [ben Alexander]

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