Happy Holidays To All (Tanka)



Happy Holidays To All (Tanka)

Here’s a novel thought
Elon and Donald should pay
Federal workers
Until Donald is sworn in
Happy holidays to all

Edwin Ray Tanguma Aka Dagesh 12/18/2024

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A silly poem for all of the 1% who control over 35.6% of the wealth in the US…Food fore thought… https://www.google.com/search?q=is+it+true+the+1%25+control+48%25+of+all+the+weakth&client=safari&sca_esv=77c2321d50c5a701&channel=iphone_bm&ei=FptjZ8S7K5WhkPIPuIKSiAQ&oq=is+it+true+the+1%25+control+48%25+of+all+the+weakth&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIi9pcyBpdCB0cnVlIHRoZSAxJSBjb250cm9sIDQ4JSBvZiBhbGwgdGhlIHdlYWt0aDIHECEYoAEYCjIHECEYoAEYCjIHECEYoAEYCjIHECEYoAEYCjIHECEYoAEYCkiXlAJQ3wxYrooCcAR4AJABApgB8AGgAa5FqgEGNi41Ny4yuAEDyAEA-AEBmAI4oAKAPKgCD8ICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAg0QABiABBiwAxhDGIoFwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICCBAAGIAEGLEDwgIKEAAYAxjqAhiPAcICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgIOEC4YgAQYxwEYjgUYrwHCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCxAuGIAEGNEDGMcBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMY0QMYxwHCAggQABiABBjlBMICCBAuGIAEGLEDwgIOEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEYigXCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICBRAAGIAEwgIFEC4YgATCAgUQIRigAcICBhAAGBYYHsICCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFwgIFECEYqwKYAwbxBRQjhSbbB15KiAYBkAYRkgcGNy40Ny4yoAeprAI&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

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Written on December 18, 2024

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on December 18, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 186
Words 33
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 1

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  • lpahtillah
    Happy Holidays To All (Tanka)...EdwinRay? You've said it. Nicely expressed is your point of view. Thanks! Lawrence
    LikeReply1 month ago

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