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DT - Event 3: Somonka (Tanka Pairs)



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Tue Aug 03, 2021 12:00 am
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Liminality says...



Ask any questions about the somonka event here!
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Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:16 am
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ForeverYoung299 says...



As I am very new to this form, I just had a question. Is it necessary that the first stanza be a statement of love and the next to be a response to that?
  





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Hi @ForeverYoung299! For the purposes of this contest, yes - but you can interpret 'statement of love' very widely! For example, there was once a project done by a school where 'statement of love' was interpreted as 'something the world needs'.
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Tue Aug 03, 2021 12:47 pm
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Plume says...



Hey! I'm curious... are we allowed to play with the visual aspects of the poem (i. e. adding an image, fiddling with formatting, etc.)?
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Tue Aug 03, 2021 1:26 pm
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Liminality says...



Hi @Plume! I'm going to say yes, so long as the form of the textual part is still a somonka!
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