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I most certainly found it helpful Lisa, to make sure you know I apreaciate it all I shall address them all, My bad on the spelling. I actualy corrected it, but was having submit issues and when resubmitted, and the tenth time missed removing the g. I did notice, but was going to wait to tonight to fix it, but ya caught me. LOL. Thanks for being on your toes, I try to save my friends the basic corrections, but obviously am only so succesful. Next, the issue with Dawn and rise. The problem is that the dawn isn't rising, the mists are. The mists of dawn rise, And my wiki referance is exactly the same as the poem, Choka can be of any leangth, as long as it is a repeating 5-7 pattern with a final concluding 5-7-7 Wiki is only specifiying the example that it uses. Chōka Chōka consists of 5-7 Japanese sound units phrases repeated at least twice, and concludes with a 5-7-7 ending. The briefest chōka documented was made by Yamanoue no Okura in the Nara period, and goes: 瓜食めば子ども思ほゆ栗食めばまして思はゆ何処より来りしものそ眼交にもとな懸りて安眠し寝さぬ (Man'yōshū: 0337), which consists of a pattern 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7-7: As for possessive on Days, or day's. I choose non possessive. Rain belongs to all and I certainly can not possess it or a day. And it was on a specific day. Not every day. I singularized it in several places. So hence my decision. I also liked not having any punctuation. But thanks for stopping in and spending so much time in trying to correct me. I certainly can use it at times. lol Julie D.D.

You really must try one Lisa! Julie D.D.