Until reality smacks our face
Denial is our best defense
Creating lame excuses
All witnesses we are
We watch them tick down
The bombs we built
Do explode
So quick
Boom
Boom
So quick
Do explode
The bombs we built
We watch them tick down
All witnesses we are
Creating lame excuses
Denial is our best defense
Until reality smacks our face
Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 19, hosted by Willow. Willow prompts us to write a Nonet on: “The state of the world/ or our lives.” Focused on the environment, but the sentiment seems to apply to many things wrong in the world. I mirrored the Nonet.
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This is wonderful and works perfectly both ways .very well done .I love it 💜
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Thank you, Willow! 😊
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my pleasure 💜💜
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A palindrome poem as well as a nonet? A topic that is on many minds. Well done!
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Thank you, Val! 😊
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I enjoyed the palindrome effect by reversing your nonet, Jennifer. You zeroed in on several truths in your poem. Let’s hope we all survive the mess we’ve been left with. 💜
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Thank you, Colleen! 😊
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such a good piece Jennifer 🙌
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Thank you, AJ! 😊
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Sharp. Cyclical. Honest. Feels like a mirror we all avoid until it shatters on its own. Denial’s comfy… till the boom. Then we pretend we didn’t hear the ticking.
Namaste.
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Thank you, Philo! 😊
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Welcome, my friend.
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Beautiful 💯
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Thank you! 😊
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Fantastic mirrored nonet/palindrome, Jennifer!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
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Thank you, Yvette! 😊
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Cleverly done- and undeniably true.
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Thank you, Violet! 😊
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