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A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities
: The curse by CD Richards
Tanka Poetry Contest contest entry

 
Humankind's curse is

a promising mind paired with

a heart of stone but

the day we learn compassion

the malison is lifted

Author Notes
Image credit: By Basheer Olakara (Mothers love) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

malison (n.) a curse.

     

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