{"id":1551,"date":"2025-09-21T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:05:20","slug":"09-21-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/09-21-25\/","title":{"rendered":"09\/21\/25 A New Somonka for a New Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?fit=840%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1557\" style=\"width:422px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/man-and-woman-sitting-on-bench-during-night-time-qb85Joj59lw\">Christian Lue<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You left me behind<br>I was always by your side<br>But you walked away<br>Now there&#8217;s no one to lean on<br>As I pick up the pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">I was there for you<br>Each time that you needed me<br>But it was too much<br>I couldn&#8217;t keep going like that<br>I just needed it to end<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This is my attempt at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersdigest.com\/write-better-poetry\/somonka-poetic-forms\">Somonka<\/a>, a Japanese style that is two tanka poems back to back. 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