Sleep eludes her for,
Sunrise brings with it much change.
She tries to be brave
Knowing that even the worm
Must face the unknown to fly.
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Written based on the prompt in The One Minute Writer – Tanka Tuesday. The prompt was “Change” To learn more about the style of writing. Please check out the original post on TOMW here.
Change teaches us lessons of life. beautifully expressed.
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Thank you Kalpana. Sometimes we fail to understand just how good change can be for us
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Lovely! Well expressed Preeti 🙂
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Another tanka Shashank…glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
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I always read so much in just these few lines you write. Enjoyed it. Keep writing them 🙂
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🙂
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How we evolve…How a caterpillar changes to a butterfly…we all can learn something from that figuratively I mean 🙂
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Yes we can Naba! Nature has so many beautiful lessons for us.
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I loved this. Such forms of poetry are new to me and the link was useful.
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Thanks so much Uma. Happy to have introduced you to a new form of poetry!
Welcome here!
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Very true! Change or metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly! Lovely 🙂
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Thanks Anita! Am happy you enjoyed my tanka 🙂
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