complete opposites
in a doomed relationship
never meant to be
the fate of star-crossed lovers
daring to defy all odds
This tanka is my response to Colleen’s Weekly 2018 Poetry Challenge No. 70: “DESTINY & CHALLENGE” #SynonymsOnly
Synonym overload: fate/doom/meant to be for destiny and dare/defy for challenge
Image source: Astronomy Picture of the Day [© Daniel Marquardt] (modified here)
Hints of Romeo and Juliet with “fate” and “star-crossed.”
Great image!
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🙂 Fun with Photoshop.
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🙂
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Love always takes daring…(K)
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Hey, ya never know!
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No you don’t…at least I don’t seem to…
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What an excellent Tanka poem. It’s so full of pathos for what might have been… but they were too different. ❤
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Compellingly beautiful . . .
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Thank you, Peter.
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Yes, so it goes.
Thank you, Colleen.
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