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Gogyohka Poem
2024 Japanese Poetry
: The New Moon by Gypsy Blue Rose

 
 
new moon spears

dark nursery

where dry white roses die—
 
in flower vase

the last baby's breath
 
 

Author Notes
- new moon is dark and hard to see
- baby's breath is a flower often used in flower arrangements
- white roses and baby's breath are often used at children's funerals

Gogyohka is a five-line free-style Japanese poetic form with no strict rules on syllable count but as brief as possible. Any theme. Lines are grammatically connected. Alliteration, personification, and metaphor are okay but never rhyme. Japanese poets have written gogyohka since the 1910s. However, they did not name the form until 1983 by poet Enta Kusakabe. === source = writers digest ===source=wikipedia

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