Creativity Verses Form ~ Zip

David  of The Skeptic’s Kaddish and Sangeetha of Mindfills began a fun poetry partnership in April. We 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 new poetry projects.

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.

For ‘Z’, Sangeetha selected the ‘Zip’ form and the keyword ‘Zip’.

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Z: Zip

Sangeetha’s Zip

Zipper the Brave   grits its teeth
I hold my breath   It holds my pride

David’s Zip

my child's learned   to pull the fabric taut
when she zips   her jacket

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Zip?

• Syllabic: A haiku of 15 syllables, presented over two lines;
• Caesura: Each line contains one internal caesura, represented by a double space.

Read all the poems in our series ~ Creativity Verses Form where we explore poetry forms

• A ~ Alliterisen Alternatives
• B ~ Bragi Books
• C ~ Cadae Crisis
• D~ Dodoitsu Desire
• E ~ Emmet Elves
• F~ Fold Friend
• G~ Golda Gravity
• H~ Harrisham Hope
• I ~ Inverted Refrain Imagination
• J ~ Jram Jubilee
• K ~ Kōel Kismet
• L ~ Lai Love
• M ~ Monometric Motivation
• N ~ Novo Otto Night
• O ~ Ovillejo Origins
• P ~ Purely Hopeful Poetry
• Q ~ Quatern Quiet
• R ~ Raay Roots
• S ~ Septanelle Smiles
• T ~ Trianglet Time
• U ~ Ukiah Underwear
• V ~ Violette Vintage
• W~ Whyquain Wisdom
• X ~ Eightette Excuse
• Y ~ Ya Hoo Yes
• Z ~ Zip Zip

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