Strong: A Sedoka

Flower’s soft petals
dances with strong brutal winds.
There’s indeed strength in softness.

Butterfly’s soft wings
breaks robust, hard chrysalis.
There’s power in tenderness.

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 12.

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Sedoka, (旋頭歌 whirling head poem) is in many ways the same verse form as the Mondo. However the Sedoka is written by 1 poet and rather than question-answer, the 2 stanzas are often parallels. This verse can be found as far back as the 6th century.

The Sedoka is:

• 2 stanzas of 3 lines each, 19 syllables or less, often 5-7-7, sometime 5-7- 5 is used for each stanza.
• the stanzas should parallel each other.