Somonka. This is a two part form, First you have the question, second the answer. Usually this form is for conversation between lovers or would be lovers, or in some way between those who are most familiar. Each is 5-7-5-7-7 much like a tanka. In essence it is like two tankas, one the query, the other the response. It is best to try to be intuitive in the response.


Would I remember
a touch so pure as my face
to your small, thin hand
breaking reddened skin, broken
bones, wringing hair wet with fear?


I was alit as
you burned the tide I was
preparing my boat
for, a chamois contains your
teeth, soaked and clean of regret.

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