Dodoitsu – Honey-suckers
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under the warm spring sunshine
inside blossoms and bright blooms
bees hop hither and thither
(poor honey-suckers)
inside blossoms and bright blooms
bees hop hither and thither
(poor honey-suckers)
© G.s.k. ‘16
A doditsu is a Japanese poetic form created during the Edo Period (1603-1868). It consists of four lines, the first three of seven onji (we call them syllables but in Japanese they are sounds) and a fourth line of five onji. I read on Writer’s Digest:
“The dodoitsu often focuses on love or work with a comical twist.”
Ergo my honey-suckers … more twisted humour about work and love than this 😉 !
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