vivacious frames speakof wild imaginationor experiencewoven in textured layersfor the viewers to unpeel Written for Moonwashed Weekly Challenge
Art
Large Love #poetry and prose
Large love ....Jude Itakali writes an ode to September.
Dreams
A question marked Urgent perplexes me. A millennial wants advice if he should opt for a car loan and invest his money in mutual funds to earn higher returns. It takes tough questions and hard calculations to make him see sense. I question his assumptions of the future. The session leaves me with more questions … Continue reading Dreams
Un-ease
The chosen format is Bagarthach The Bagarthach is:• funny or clever but mean spirited.• short, one quatrain.• syllabic 8-9-8-9 syllables per line, sometimes all lines are 8 syllables.• rhymed abab. dark squares disorient, words lostun-connected in virtual spaceam I addressing rooms with ghoststurn off avatars, show me a face Written for Tanka Tuesday Weekly Challenge
Over-imagination
is ita call for helpam I imaginingdesperation in the gesture?Wave back! ghostlypallor on faceon seeing a shadowgive it a hand, let it explainintent make itone amongst usto make it feel secureI'm not an enemy - speak up,confide you willbe strong enoughto lend a helping handreassure someone in distress-life spins Written for Photo Challenge #429 at … Continue reading Over-imagination
Belief
I pass through a temple every day on my morning walk. The throng of devotees makes me wonder how we believe in certain things without any scientific evidence, visible proof or clear corroboration. In fact, we conduct a lot of research to find supporting evidence. Do these beliefs create a ground for us to walk … Continue reading Belief
Animal love
David from skepticskaddish.com inspired me to try the Cleave format. I've done two tankas instead of two shadormas. You can read it as two separate tankas placed vertically, or a single poem left to right. Written for What do You See hosted by Sadje
Lessons From Nature Haibun
Lessons from Nature ... by Sylvia
To believe, or: Heaven leans on earth
Enjoy the Cleave Poem, done with two Shadormas — by David
A Cleave poem
in the form of two Shadormas
| as I age | rhythms shift | |
| over endful days | whetting my senses | |
| transformed by | a wisdom | |
| existing | beyond me | |
| in the perceived universe | calling unrelentingly | |
| I’ve come to believe | heaven leans on earth |
How to read a cleave poem?
Simply:
- Read the left hand poem as a first discrete poem.
- Read the right hand poem as a second discrete poem.
- Read the whole as a third integrated poem.
Shadorma
- The Shadorma is a Spanish poetic form made up of a stanza of six lineswith no set rhyme scheme (rhyme is optional);
- It is a syllabic poem with a meter of 3/5/3/3/7/5;
- It can have many stanzas, as long as each follows the meter.
#TankaTuesday
The above was written for Colleen M. Chesebro’s ‘Tanka Tuesday’ prompt.
Poets were encouraged to write syllabic poems on the theme of “lessons from nature”.
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Musician on a break
The poetry form is Echo Verse rest, recharge, recuperate … eightnights of musical bands — bannedall songs, all sound bytes - bitesof kebab, pints of alcohol - hallmark of decadence boos - boozejust blocks ache, sleep arrests - restnow till pain finds a berth - birth of memories, sorrow again - gaininsights till you get … Continue reading Musician on a break
