tanka
Poetry Contest
write one tanka about: soulmates
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5 lines in short/long/short/long/long using 31 syllables or less (preferably less).
two interconnected lines of concrete imagery in lines 1&2
the satori (line 3) is the pivot line and must be able to be read with both the first two lines and the second two lines
two interconnected lines from a different pov (point-of-view) in lines 4&5
*for this contest, lines 1-3 are written from the pov of one person, and lines 4&5 are written from the pov of the partner
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present tense
little punctuation
the title must look like this: tanka (line 1)
no....
no rhyme anywhere, in any way
no pictures/artwork
no author's notes
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*see details in announcement for example
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