Tanka Tuesday

Offering an ode to red vines

A candy I find that’s sublime

Chewy strings are mostly red

A sweet treat that may have been said

To be a soothing temperance

Frustration gone chewing dance.

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Now others may see this sweet treat

Too much a threat for children’s teeth

But they may be temper prone

The chewability is known

For solace in that circumstance

Performing a tantrum stance

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**The form, 8,8,7,8,8,7, follows “To an Intra-mural Rat” poem pattern.

#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 48, Marianne Moore, 12/30/2025