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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Nature · #708084
magnolia blossoms under the night sky (dodoitsu)
Nestled in shiny green leaves,
ghost white magnolia blossoms
sway under velvet darkness --
like me in your arms.

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Dodoitsu songs have love/romance, or a healthy sense of humour in it. They call it the Japanese limerick… But, that doesn’t mean that you can’t use other topics to write a good dodoitsu.

How is a dodoitsu built up?

Line 1: 7 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 7 syllables
Line 4: 5 syllables

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