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Showing posts with label haiku poetry tanka. Show all posts

Friday, September 18, 2009

Grandma's Dodge Dart

I wrote a few versions of this poem on Twitter, and had differing opinions on the favorite. I actually like them all for different reasons. Which one do you like best?

Haiku 1
Grandma's last car was
my first, a sturdy old dodge dart, wind
resistant like her.

Haiku 2
Grandma's last car was
my first, a sturdy old dodge dart,
wind resistant like her.

Tanka
Grandma's last car
my first
sturdy Dodge Dart
wind resistant...
like her.