4 of 7
Holding close that thought
the curl of a smile takes hold
and turns into laughter loud
there in the face of
menacing adversity
I stand proud and tall and firm
©Jemverse
Photo – ‘Painter by Ferryboat’ – woodcut on paper – Yamada Basuke (©1930)
Sedoka is a japanese poetry form comprising 38 syllables spread over 6 non-rhyming lines with a syllabic sequence of 5,7,7, 5,7,7
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