Carpe Diem – a Tanka

#Haiku Happenings #3: John W. Leys’ latest #tanka for Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Poetry Challenge and #NaPoWriMo2018!

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Delicate rosebuds
Collected in the garden,
Sweet smell of summer,
Now just dried dead memories
As we all, someday, will be.

4/19/18

This is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 80, GATHER & SOFT, #SynonymsOnly

My 18th poem for National Poetry Writing Month.

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    Beautifully penned xx

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