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Poem

Someone Once Told Me

A tanka

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October 15, 2018
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Someone once told me
beautiful things are rugged.
Pressure and diamonds
forged by fire, screaming pain.
Beholder decides the worth.


Katherine Hanna
Katherine Hanna lives in Dallas, Texas and is a freshman in high school. She loves writing anything from a fairytale in the Homeric style to proving a logical argument for her Debate team. She also enjoys running for her high school’s cross country and track teams and playing with her dogs, Sushi and Miso.

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