General Poetry posted September 29, 2022


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A naani for the ekphrastic club challenge

Sorrow

by June Sargent

no deeper sorrow

nor agonizing pain

compares to that of

a child left behind





naani is a Japanese form of poetry similar to haiku - describing the human condition in 20 to 25 syllables in four lines.

Club entry for the "Missing You" event in "Ekphrastic Prose Club--Writing About Art".  Locate a writing club.
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