The dawn fog settles
Honour-bound, two figures stand
Their fates soon revealed
Both fell in thunderous fire
Bittersweet, the lady faints
A tanka for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Bittersweet
Today I’m feeling:
Ok but I can’t talk properly. I feel like I have a mild cold but not that bad really. A little fuzzy in the head.
I got up at around 7 am and sent messages to school and work to my students to do in my absence. I went back to bed at around 8 and ended up with some nice, extra enjoyable sleep.
I got up for lunch, took some medicine and now out for my first and only coffee for the day. I may sleep more yet!
Health:
Physical: 7
Mental: 7
Today I’m grateful for:
More medicine from the local pharmacy and when I arrived there, the pharmacist was petting a street seller’s really cute dog, so of course I had to spend a minute petting too.
The best thing about today was:
Reading, lots of reading!
Something I learned today?
I hit up Kru John about the possible change of director at school but all he knew was that it’s the sub-director who will change.
1994ever 
A sad scenario. I’ve read of dueling practices in old historical romances
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It makes me think about the things that we consider normal today and how they will be seen in the future.
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I’m sure some of them are extremely silly
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Wow! An action packed tanka. Well done, Shaun!
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Thanks Eugi 🙏
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You’re most welcome, Shaun.
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Great poem, Shaun! Interesting take on the prompt, for sure!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you! 🙏
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I love the tanka, perfect for the content, evokes a sense of awareness. In other thoughts – imagine if we still resorted to the duel?
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Times have improved since then, right? Right?! 😉
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