hope for the future
newborn child
a most welcome gift
blessed with love
devotion
embraced, now and forever
hope for the future
Just three days after our return home from our trip to New York, my newest granddaughter, Maeve Emilia, arrived. I look forward to meeting her in the not-too-distant future.
This poem is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #TankaTuesday
Challenge No. 289, #SpecificForm Shadorma.
Also, I am sharing this with OpenLink LIVE at dVerse~ Poets Pub.
kinship
one room
three poets
convergence
a matter of perspective
all compass points relative to center
that sweet rose
friendship
gogyohka
three poets in one room
convergence
a matter of perspective
all compass points relative to center
sweet rose of friendship
shadorma
three poets
compass points gathered
convergence
perspective
all relative to center
sweet rose of friendship
cherita
three poets
convergence
a matter of perspective
compass points
relative to center
sweet rose, friendship
lune
three poets
that sweet rose, friendship
convergence
Our trip to Cleveland/Buffalo took us through Indianapolis, where we spent a pleasant evening with Stephanie L. Harper and Robert Okaji.
Yeah, short-form poetry is my thing. I decided to try writing the first free-verse poem in other forms. The definitions of these forms can be found on my Poetic Forms page.
Image source: peakpx.com
more than ash
in the end
ash is more than ash
acknowledged
when released
last wish granted with respect
ash much more than ash
This shadorma is inspired by Ron. Lavalette’s Shadorma for Joan,
found here – please read.
Poetry
the poet
unabashedly
announces
each moment
is worthy of a poem
each is a poem
with
each
new word
a poem
will take the reader
deeper into its relevance
broadening the experience
until the reader
understands
those thoughts
are
true
My response to Day 7 of napowrimo.net, which asks us to write either a shadorma or a Fib, contains both.
The Fib is a poetic form created by Gregory K. Pincus that plays off the mathematical Fibonacci sequence to arrive at the syllable count per line. For a 6-line poem, that count would be 1/1/2/3/5/8. Each count is determined by adding the 2 previous line-counts. A multi-stanza poem can be written by linking multiple Fibs together. Mine was created by reversing the syllable count in the second half – 8/5/3/2/1/1.
A shadorma has one or more 6-line stanza(s) with a syllable count of 3/5/3/3/7/5. I posted a shadorma for each day of the month during November 2017.
~ Day 7 ~
Image source: Wikipedia
Executive Privilege
misstatements
and proclamations
flat out lies
told daily
presidential assertions
unreliable
~ Day 16 ~
Shared with Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub.
Image source: David Horsey / Seattle Times
willed to the future
great reward
while gazing skyward
midday sun
shining through
floating, descending colors
willed to the future
This shadorma is my response to Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 146 #SynonymsOnly, with descending and willed as synonyms for fall and give.
Image source: pixabay.com / castleguard
Celebration of Love
friends gather
to witness a vow
shared by two
as their love
becomes a celebration
a life together
I haven’t written a shadorma for a while, so it’s time.
I’m on the road again – back to Buffalo for my daughter’s wedding.
See you in a couple of weeks!
what could be
flows through what would be
as our dreams
remind us
we’re not always meant to see
all we think should be
My shadorma, inspired by Eliot’s CLEAR-CUT at Along the Interstice, left there as a comment in a slightly different form.
bonus hour
reliving the past
time reset
in the night
dreams of clocks in nightmare mode
rhythms in distress
My shadorma (back at the end of Daylight Savings Time), inspired by Eliot’s ONE OF THOSE DAYS at Along the Interstice.
direction
an imperative
with the world
upended
and little room for error
time for reflection
This is my thirtieth shadorma using a photo from my WP Media Library for Eliot Dybden’s Shadorma November (ShaNov) at Along the Interstice. A shadorma has six lines with no rhyme or meter, except for a syllable structure of 3/5/3/3/7/5.
Photo originally used with the photo blog Sycamore Season
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