Sedoka – A Summer Love Poem

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 the summer solstice

light lingers in the garden

 the moon adds a soft glow

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your voice whispers

urgently calling my name

 night blooming flowers, one vine 

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For d’Verse ‘The Princess’ Poem to Her Secret Love’

Sedoka is a Japanese unrhymed (love) poem consisting of 2 tercets with 5-7-7-5-7-7 syllables.

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