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Gogyohka 5 Lines Poem
A chapter in the book 2024 Japanese Poetry

The Old Lady and the Turtle

by Gypsy Blue Rose


Presentation and Poem by Gypsy Blue Rose (c) copyright 12/26/24
 
 

turtle swallows its lunch 

in one gulp

as grandma watches it

with the kinship 

of a toothless smile

 
 

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Gogyohka is a five-line Japanese poetic form with no strict rules on syllable count but as brief as possible. You may use any theme. Lines are grammatically connected. Alliteration, personification, and metaphor are okay. It usually doesn't rhyme, but natural not forced rhymes are okay. Japanese poets have written gogyohka since the 1910s. However, they did not name the form until 1983 by poet Enta Kusakabe.
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