David of The Skeptic’s Kaddish and I began a fun poetry partnership in April. We just celebrated writing together a 100 verse renga, The Hyakuin And within days, decided we would absolutely love to continue our writing collaboration and what has grown to be a warm friendship with a new poetry project.
We decided to explore poetry forms. A to Z. Each week one of us chooses a poetry form the other responds to. We completed our first series Form verses creativity in June ’22. And we’re now on to the next set of poetry forms A to Z ~ Creativity Verses Form. We added a little twist for version2.0, with a key word starting with the same letter.
I sit under a tree turning pages yellowed with time wandering worlds, witnessing histories finding clues, unraveling mysteries devouring sounds from every line my book writes just for me
Imagination weaves wondrous stories Casting magic spells sublime I leaf through, flowing free I find I forget I am me One leaf falls; one turns on its spine Books ~ May their incredible tribe increase
Diving behind my desk, I would swim in books during class; Caught in a boy's fancies' opalescence; Captivated by tangled plot twists tense And each tortured, knotty impasse With vile evils grotesque.
Though most of my teachers took great offense At perceived impudence and sass, Magic scrolls arabesque... Swashbucklers picaresque... These consumed the days of my past ~ And have enchanted me through decades hence.
drops falling drip-dropping enchanting my senses enticing my defences to walk barefoot alone to brave the unknown as the umbrella plays as if it were a Djembe little beats so groovy little like a movie... stars dancing in the rain stars falling in love again and clouds shower confetti and drizzle dreams on me
David of The Skeptic’s Kaddish and I began a fun poetry partnership in April. We just celebrated writing together a 100 verse renga, The Hyakuin And within days, decided we would absolutely love to continue our writing collaboration and what has grown to be a warm friendship with a new poetry project.
We decided to explore poetry forms. A to Z. Each week one of us chooses a poetry form the other responds to. We completed our first series Form verses creativity in June ’22. And we’re now on to the next set of poetry forms A to Z ~ Creativity Verses Form. We added a little twist for version2.0, with a key word starting with the same letter. Here’s Alliterisen and keyword for the week is ‘Alternatives’.
For ‘A’, David selected the ‘Alliterisen’ form and the keyword ‘Alternatives’.
Are choices the choosers? Perhaps people misreckon. Whether we attempt alternatives or not, life loops around. Those things that once granted great gratification Often still satisfy though we've tried turning to others. I wonder whether it's nature or nurture, Don't you? Innate programming persists. Hardwired with wills, We examine existence but learn little of life.
Sangeetha’s Alliterisen
Do we explore existence, choosers chary of choice? Tiptoeing tentatively, do we wander on a whimsy Crystal clear that decisions are left for later? Shall we simper silently or laugh ludicrously loud? Learn life lessons or fly by frivolously? Is the present perfect or tomorrow the treasure? Is Fate foretold Or does choice choose it for us? With love...
The Alliterisen is a seven-lined poem with a specific syllable pattern and two alliterations per line. (Alliteration is the succession of similar consonant sounds. They are not recognized by spelling, but rather by sounds.)
The syllable structure for the Complex Alliterisen is as follows: