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  • [558] the caterpillar will (won’t) become a butterfly

    [558] the caterpillar will (won’t) become a  butterfly

    My mistakes, puddlesreflect with restless worriesI bend to touch themfeeling unborn tomorrowsof all that I wasn’t today Wrote a tanka today to get into the rhythm of saying more with less. It’s a japanese short form poetry system with 5-7-5-7-7 syllable scheme. Give it a try! Art by Friedrich Hechelmann

    Rahul Gaur

    October 18, 2025
    poetry
    art, blog, blogging, butterfly, Creative Writing, life, painting, poetry, sad, story, tanka, writing

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