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I feel the light die

in the darkness of my mind

as I breathe in my last breath.



Somewhere a child’s born

seeing light for the first time,

breathing deep and then crying.






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Sedoka


The Sedoka is an unrhymed poem made up of two three-line katauta with the following
syllable counts: 5/7/7, 5/7/7. A Sedoka, pair of katauta as a single poem, may address the
same subject from differing perspectives.


Katauta is an unrhymed three-line poem the following syllable counts: 5/7/7.

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last updated 12 October 2010 - 12:16am
©25 July 2009 - 6:19pm — phil_carcione
14 August 2009 - 10:39pm — vilmazab
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Very true, and when our time is up, the young ones are there to fulfill their future.A consoling thought.