POEM STARTER

Write a Tanka, or a series of linked Tankas, on the theme of loyalty.

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 syllables in the final line (5,7,5,7,7).

Look Up

I look up at him

And his eyes shine so brightly

No longer from love

But from the pain of victims

From the feeling when he kills


I look up at him

At his once loving, kind face

And his hair, it gleams

Not from sweat and devotion

But from tears and a sword’s blade


I look up at him

His once caring and kind eyes

They stare back at me

Hard, cold, emotionless eyes

Caused from his downfall


I look up at him

He crosses, getting closer

Leaning down, he sighs

He whispered that he loves me

Now he only cries for us


I look up at him

What happened to us

How I miss those days

The perfect relationship

We dreamed of going so far


I look up at him

As the blade gets closer still

The flashbacks pounding

I miss the old him I knew

Now there’s only emptiness


I look up at him

He drives the knife in my chest

He’s getting blurry

How I hate him I miss him

There’s no love as I look up

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