Age of droughts and floods
age of rising sea levels
age of migration.
by Scooj
- I added two seven syllable lines to convert this into a Tanka, but I felt it just a little too sanctimonious. They were:
unless we do something now
this will be our legacy
Prefer the Tanka! Preach it, brother!
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Thank you.
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Unless we do something now there won’t be a legacy.
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That is true of course.
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Age of missing compassion
Age of right falling to might
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Don’t leave us dangling, the couplet completes the thought process.
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I suppose I included them to show the thought process, even if I didn’t complete the tanka.
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Forgot to mention that I love the tanka but I can see why you wouldn’t wind to offend other sensibilities.
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Thank you.
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