my fingers remember the colours when sunrise surprised you at dawn and your blue eyes covered me in sea breeze and bird songs painting the moment we could secert in two hearts and one soul
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, Ripples. And within days, decided we would absolutely love to continue our writing collaboration and celebrate 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. We knew we’re on to something. So we wrote the next set of poetry forms A to Z ~ Creativity Verses Form. Here, we added a little twist for version2.0, with a key word starting with the same letter.
And now, and in December ’22, we’re onto our fourth collaborative writing project ~ Creativity Forms Verses. To form verses, we turned to creativity, inventing new poetry forms, A through to Z.
For ‘L’, Sangeetha created the ‘Ludo’ form.
L: Ludo
Sangeetha’s Ludo
Once upon a poem, I chanced upon a mind Gifted with genius, a wordcrafter sublime Cerebral in scripting lyrical poetry Synchronizing true rhythms and rare philosophy Imagination intrigued interestingly Intellectually, extraordinary!
David’s Ludo
By chance, I've a friend with a poetic, kind heart- Wisdom deep, perspective and cleverness imparts; Lyrical she and eminently expressive- Compassionate words and approach unaggressive; Harmoniously pens lines alphabetical- Imaginativeness ~ non-hypothetical!
Ludo?
6 lines;
Syllabic: Each line has 12 syllables;
The first line starts and ends with a 1 syllable word;
The second line starts and ends with a 2 syllable word, and so on.
sparkle on fresh snow window's winter frost cracks a smile ~meaning of sunrise
spring opens a door tranquil burst of pink blossoms ~meaning of delight
crushed orange evenings sands keep secrets warm all night ~meaning of summer
monsoon lashes out at palm trees on river banks ~ meaning of nature
till the last leaf falls distant red stars stay awake ~ what does it mean
Mindfills for The Skeptic’s Kaddish ~ W3 prompt by Denise de Vries. We are told to use an online generator for a prompt. I used the word generator, and got the word Significs ~ the science of meaning ; Kigo ~tranquil (nodoka, all spring)
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, Ripples. And within days, decided we would absolutely love to continue our writing collaboration and celebrate 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. We knew we’re on to something. So we wrote the next set of poetry forms A to Z ~ Creativity Verses Form. Here, we added a little twist for version2.0, with a key word starting with the same letter.
And now, and in December ’22, we’re onto our fourth collaborative writing project ~ Creativity Forms Verses. To form verses, we turned to creativity, inventing new poetry forms, A through to Z.
For ‘K’, David created the ‘Keywyrd’ form.
K: Keywyrd
David’s Keywyrd
True deceivers and heathens; every end throughout history decreed and arranged; direful truth effected; humanity huddled desperately at the edge; eternity's threshold devours all hope
Keyword: D.E.A.T.H.
Sangeetha’s Keywyrd
Endings rankle faith in goodness; inevitable gloom forebodes, eschewing reason; regret inches forward, gathering evidence; emotions, feelings, glum; reality, inconsolable I go feeble, remembering endings
Keyword: G.R.I.E.F.
Keywyrd?
Select a keyword with five distinct letters (no double letters);
The Keywyrd poetic form has five lines;
Each line has five words;
Each of the five words in every line must begin with a different one of the letters that spell the keyword, but not necessarily in order;
You cannot use your selected keyword or any form of it in the poem;
The content of the poem should relate to your selected keyword without actually mentioning it.
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, Ripples. And within days, decided we would absolutely love to continue our writing collaboration and celebrate 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. We knew we’re on to something. So we wrote the next set of poetry forms A to Z ~ Creativity Verses Form. Here, we added a little twist for version2.0, with a key word starting with the same letter.
And now, and in December ’22, we’re onto our fourth collaborative writing project ~ Creativity Forms Verses. To form verses, we turned to creativity, inventing new poetry forms, A through to Z.
For ‘J’, Sangeetha created the ‘Juxtadecasec’ form.
J: Juxtadecasec
Sangeetha’s Juxtadecasec
I set offon an epic adventure Chirpy, full of beans but wallet empty See, feel, search, closed doors and open hearts; Part of the fun lies in finding out; Doubts may go; Faith may stay; Trails may just end, Sending me back fast to life's battle front; Untraveled, I neither win nor lose Shoes I don, pack my night lamp, start my day; Playing every end game, I start from scratch Catch my breath and throw caution to the sky.
David’s Juxtadecasec
Feet planted on earth, eyes trained to the sky, My questions seek answers that trouble Man; Can it be- life ends with death's certain cut? What if, more or less, there's nothing but now? How to find meaning with nothing to lose? Whose grand joke is this, this dark tragedy? Free will or fate? To surrender or try? Why even bother? Is belief not odd? God, gods, or chaos? Order lures the mind; Finding faith a front, it's back down the street.
Juxtadecasec?
10 lines;
10 syllables per line;
The last syllable of each line rhymes with the first syllable of the next line;
The last syllable of the last line rhymes with the first syllable of the first line;
Mindfills for Found Poem, hosted by Laura Bloomsbury at DVerse. We are asked to stitch the first lines of our first poems of the 12 months of 2022. I love this challenge! The line “Keep voice soft as nectar please” is from the other Found poem. Thank you Laura 💕