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Kouta 7/7/7/5 for the Japanese Poetry Contest
One Thousand Cranes
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Shine On, You Crazy Diamond
by Gypsy Blue Rose
If you want to join the poetry club, check my author notes
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— old oak leaves cuddle wet soil —
with a shroud of jewel dewdrops
like bright diamonds in the sun
— clear crystal beauty—
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Author Notes
"Remember when you were young
You shone like the sun
Shine on, you crazy diamond" --Pink Floyd
The Kouta ( short song) is a popular Japanese verse form of the Muromachi Period, 14th thru 16th century. The form is 4 lines 7/5/7/5 or 7/7/7/5 and the theme is usually love songs or life. Rhymed or unrhymed. click here to read more - href=https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/kouta-poetic-forms>lick here to read more
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
PS
The song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. It appeared on Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here. The song is written about and dedicated to Syd Barrett, who left the band in 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. to read full song lyrics
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