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A first entry in the Tanka challenge
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Love Returned
Love is hope givenUnless it first shall be earned
It can’t be returned.
Or have we loved insincerely
When it was priced too dearly?
© D G Moody 2023
Poetry by D G Moody
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Written on 2023-11-16 at 10:04
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