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she asks me how much i love her;
i answer, "i love you lots!"
she asks me how much i like her,
and i answer, "some."
i answer, "i love you lots!"
she asks me how much i like her,
and i answer, "some."
17.09.14
a dodoitsu
haar stoutelings...roughly translates as 'her ornery one'
a dodoitsu
Poetry Form: Dodoitsu.The Haiku Club
Eastern Poetry Forms
Description
Dodoitsu (都々逸 / quickly, city to city) is a form of Japanese poetry popular toward the end of the Edo Period (1603 - 1868). Imitating folk songs it tends to focus on love or work and is often humorous in tone. It consists of 26 syllables or less, commonly written in four lines of 7-7-7-5.
Example
Thursday afternoon is dead,
phones become silent and wait
until minutes before five
on Friday to ring
— Judi Van Gorder
ResourcesWikipedia: Dodoitsu
Examples on PoetrySoup
Examples on PoetZoom
haar stoutelings...roughly translates as 'her ornery one'
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Stout EN gemeen.