Final Destination
after years of searching
finding jubilation
final destination
eternal love
I have been introduced to a new form of poetry by Colleen Chesebro at Word Craft Prose & Poetry, with #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 211, #abhanga, or #poetschoice. Abhanga (or abhang), per Wikipedia, is a form of devotional poetry sung in praise of the Hindu god Vitthal, also known as Vithoba. As a love poem, mine is a form of devotional. The elements of abhanga are as follows:
• stanzaic, written in any number of 4 line stanzas.
• syllabic, 6-6-6-4 syllables each
• rhyme pattern … x-a-a-x, where x does not rhyme
• often internal rhyme is employed
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Thanks for the intro, Ken. I might give this one a shot…
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Cool, Ron. If you do, head over to Colleen’s blog and post it. She puts up a new challenge every Tuesday.
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A good match for your words. I really like the rhythm of this form. (K)
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Thanks Kerfe. I think this form could be useful. Multiple stanzas would be a nice challenge, so I’ll probably try that in the future.
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I agree about the form. The rhyme makes it interesting too.
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Thank you for passing on this form, and for such a fine Abhanga.
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Thank you, Paul.
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Very welcome Ken.
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Lovely, Ken!
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Thank you. 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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Ken, this is brilliant. The perfect love poem. Hopefully, this finds its way inside a card you give to your beloved. ❤
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Thank you, Colleen. 🙂
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Well deserved! ❤
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