POEM STARTER

Write a Tanka that focuses on the theme of new relationships.

A Tanka is a short form of poetry with 5 lines; 5 syllables in the first line, then 7, then 5, then 7, and 7 in the last (5,7,5,7,7).

first light

your name on my tongue a stone I’m not used to yet, warm from the river. we sit in the quiet dark, learning each other’s silence.

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