Who Needs A Hard Tortoise Shell (Bussokusekika)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Who Needs A Hard Tortoise Shell   (Bussokusekika)

Where did we go wrong
Where did we lose each other
Was it the dark years
Was my heart always your home
As I felt that your’s was mine
Who needs a hard tortoise shell

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   11/27/2023

About this poem

Is there a difference between a turtle shell and a tortoise shell???i almost wonder IF you were trying to tell me something about my perception of my wonderful loving wife in last dance rodeo???Or could I be mistaken if said perceived diamond???who knows???I believe that no longer need any shell or armor of any kind…How do you feel about such a comment???

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Written on November 27, 2023

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on November 27, 2023

Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on November 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A AXXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 262
Words 50
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1

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