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Rated: E · Poetry · Religious · #2344587

The Writer's Cramp - 8/2/25 - Katauta - 8 lines, 2 stanza





A Question

A question is asked
Knowledge from long ago sought
Do you know Noah’s firstborn?

Shem, Ham, and Japeth
Were the names of Noah’s sons
Japeth, not Shem, was the first.





Simply stated:
To write a Katauta in English you need 19 syllables, divided in three lines of 5/7/7 syllables.
Each Katauta has its specific rhythm.
It has the form of a question, or an answer.
Placed together, the second Katauta answers the question of the first one.



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