Meet Me at the Station

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 Tanka Tuesday No. 281

Today's ekphrasic prompt comes from Willow Willer.  My choice of syllabic form is a reverse nonet.

©Willow Willers

Let's

travel

together,

run off alone,

take the Eurostar.

Meet me at the station,

you know just where I will be,

standing below The Meeting Place

at London St. Pancras Station.

 

©2022 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved

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Comments

  1. willowdot21July 19, 2022 at 12:55 PM

    I really really like this poem well done 💜💜

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  2. willowdot21July 19, 2022 at 12:56 PM

    You also picked my favourite form a Nonet 💜

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    1. LisaJuly 19, 2022 at 1:25 PM

      I wrote line 6 first, then decided on the nonet so it would fit in a syllabic poem!

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    2. willowdot21July 23, 2022 at 3:41 AM

      Excellent 💜

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  3. SarahJuly 19, 2022 at 7:37 PM

    I love the specific locations in your nonet!

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    1. LisaJuly 19, 2022 at 7:42 PM

      Thank you. The sculpture has an interesting origin, and online photos of its base are amazing.

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  4. Colleen ChesebroJuly 20, 2022 at 12:37 PM

    Oh, this is stunning, Lisa. The sculpture is so interesting. I can imagine the man saying all of this to the woman! 💜

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    1. LisaJuly 20, 2022 at 12:46 PM

      Or perhaps the woman is saying it to the man!

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  5. Yvette M CalleiroJuly 20, 2022 at 3:33 PM

    So enticing! It makes me want to grab my bags and go. Lol! Great poem, Lisa!

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    1. LisaJuly 20, 2022 at 5:10 PM

      Sort of mysterious, I wonder where they'll go? I didn't look up destinations from that station. We could make up an entire story about the two of them!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 24, 2022 at 9:50 AM

    Loved the message in the lines.

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