Yes, I know it's Tuesday. We've had family in town since Friday and I forgot to schedule this, so I am a day late.
Continuing on the theme of Japanese poetic forms, the sedoka is an unrhymed poem made up of a pair of katauta. A katuata is a three-line poem with the syllable count of 5 / 7 / 7. Generally a sedoka addresses the same subject from different perspectives.
You can read more about the sedoka at Encyclopedia Brittanica.
I hope you'll join me this week in writing a sedoka (or two). Please share a link to your poem or the poem itself in the comments.
Fish flash through water,
ReplyDeletegiving new silver to waves
dull gray under cloudy skies.
Silvery fish twist
through clouds, searching the wave skies
for small fish with shining eyes.
—Kate Coombs, 2015
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My barn is now red
ReplyDeleteThat yesterday was a gray,
Elephant into rooster.
My barn has change hue.
A chameleon of red boards
Against the autumn forest.
©2015 Jane Yolen all rights reserved
FAMILY TREE
ReplyDeleteOur fir tree, draped in
ornamental splendor, looks
ready for Christmas!
TREE SLAVE
I’ve been kidnapped from
my home to entertain these
non-cognizant humans, help!
(c) Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.