Pandora's box
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“Weekly Challenge: Write a tanka about the thing under the bed — name it. Constraint: Start and end with the same word.”
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Valarie Golden
Hello, darlings. I am Val. She/her. I am an ally of the earth and all her people. I also happen to be a follower of jesus. I am a poet and an author and a girl that dreams. I am a minor between the ages of 14 and 18. I am no longer active on Hello Poetry, but you can find me there under the same pen name I use here. "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." -J.R.R Tolkien
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Blends personal betrayal with abstract meditation on hope's nature.
Multiple interconnected ideas densely packed across five lines.
Mixed: despair of deception tempered by hopeful resolution.
Tense, sharp language with deliberate pacing and dark tone shifts.
Five lines; micro to very short poem.
Rich metaphor, personification of hope, chest as symbol of deception.
Pure lyric internal voice reflecting on personal emotional experience.
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