Gold Digger - (A dodoitsu)

By luigi_pagano

Mon, 06 Jan 2020
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He loved her, she hated him.
She wouldn't tell him to his face
that he was old, fat and bald
but loved his fortune.

© Luigi Pagano 2020

Dodoitsu (都々逸) is a form of Japanese poetry developed towards the end of the Edo period. Often concerning love or work, and usually comical, Dodoitsu poems consist of four lines with the moraic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme for a total of 26 morae, making it one of the longer Japanese forms. The form, tone and structure of Dodoitsu derive from Japanese folk song traditions.

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Submitted by drew_gummerson on

'One of the longer Japanese forms'

It's still not very long. Any more? It makes me want to read Japanese poetry. 

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

If it isn't long enough for you, Drew, maybe you need a chōka.
The chōka, “long poem,” is of indefinite length, formed of alternating lines of five and seven syllables, ending with an extra seven-syllable line. 
I haven't tried it yet.

Cheers.