(A new format for me, so please be gentle. I will appreciate any help you want to give me.)
I chose to write a sedoka about the exchange between lovers, using the 5-7-7 format.

When paired together, multiple katautas act as a question and answer conversation between lovers to form sedoka. If the concept of sedoka sounds familiar, it's similar to somonka, in which 2 tankas are written as love letters.

The katauta is a Japanese poetic form that is considered an incomplete or half-poem. It's a 3-liner that follows either 5-7-5 or more commonly 5-7-7 syllables per line. Sounds like a haiku or senryu, right? But this poem is specifically addressed to a lover.

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