Day Eleven
The prompt today is to write a tanka. This, like the “American” cinquain, is a poem based on syllables, with the pattern being 5-7-5-7-7. They work best when those final two 7-syllable lines contain a sort of turn or surprise that the first three lines might not wholly anticipate. You can string a bunch of them together to make a multi-stanza poem, or just write one!
Here's mine:
ROCK 'N' ROLL
The rock 'n' roll years
on stage in front of the crowd
the deafening throng
looking for a miracle
five thousand more mouths to feed
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Day Eleven last year.
No problem, if you're playing at the Hard Rock Café...!
ReplyDeleteI went to The Hard Rock once, it would be a miracle if they got five thousand people in
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