my daughter, she slipped her hand in mine
and said to me, I hear your voice
in songs I have never heard
maybe you sang to me
in a lullaby
calming my curls
as I lay
on you
ma
***
Mindfills for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesdays and for you my D
Tag: Syllabic poetry
sky stays ~ a kasa
sky stays blue, bathing the pond
a cloud drifts past hurriedly
etched on a park bench are our letters
random signs of the universe
midnight pauses as if she cares
which stars to pick for today
you don't notice when I'm here
you won't notice when I'm gone
***
dVerse’s Poetics – hosted by Sanaa – The korean Kasa. Thank you Sanaa for introducing this poetic form on dVerse 🙏 & for Eugi’s weekly prompt – midnight
The elements of the Kasa, (song-words) are:
1. syllabic, 7-syllable lines broken by caesura into alternating groups of 3 and 4 syllables or 8 syllable lines broken by caesura into equal 4 syllable phrases. These options are guides with variables at the discretion of the poet.
2. strophic. Groups of variable numbers of lines as opposed to uniform stanzas.
3. content is described or exposed through parallels. This is the heart of the form.
4. written from unrequited love, patriotism, daily life, nostalgia, etc
I was curious to know why there’s not much on this poetry form. A wordpress site has this to say about the gasa/kasa.
we are us ~ a nonet
showering into our searching souls
skies and stars from aeons ago
stream lights into me and you
silver flares all aglow
searing truths of love
songs from the runes
so we know
we are
us
***
Mindfills for Colleen Cheesebro’s Tanka Tuesdays – ekphrastic challenge MLM‘s lucky dip – nonet
wealth ~ an oddquain
an Oddquain ~ on poverty – 1/3/5/7/1 syllable pattern
wealth
all and more
I amassed alone
none to share with,to call me
poor
***
Mindfills For A different perspective’s August scavenger hunt ~ 13 forms of micropoetry
End of Summer Scavenger Hunt prompts:
(Micropoetry)
1. Write a Zappai using the theme of drunkenness.
2. Write a Kimo on the subject of jealousy.
3. Write a Lune about birth The zappai, kimo and lune are here … https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/micropoetry-zappai-kimo-lune/ 4. Write a Hay(na)ku about hate. https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2021/08/07/micropoetry-a-haynaku/
5. Write a Naani about time. https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2021/08/07/a-mulled-moment-a-naani/
6. Write an Oddquain about poverty.
7. Write a Tritina with a touch of whimsy or nonsense.
8. Write a Pentina having a theme of war.
9. Write a Sestina having a theme of exploration.
10. Write an Octina with a theme of revenge.
11. Write a Harrisham Rhyme poem on the topic of forgiveness.
12. Write an Abecedarian poem about the path to self discovery.
13. Write a Blitz Poem about death.
a mulled moment ~ a naani
a Naani ~ on time – 4 lines, 20 to 25 syllables, about human relations, in current statements.
a mulled moment
wonders wandering off
to watch time warp
eons of yesterdays
***
Mindfills For A different perspective’s August scavenger hunt ~ 13 forms of micropoetry
End of Summer Scavenger Hunt prompts:
(Micropoetry)
1. Write a Zappai using the theme of drunkenness.
2. Write a Kimo on the subject of jealousy.
3. Write a Lune about birth The zappai, kimo and lune are here … https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/micropoetry-zappai-kimo-lune/
4. Write a Hay(na)ku about hate. https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2021/08/07/micropoetry-a-haynaku/
5. Write a Naani about time.
6. Write an Oddquain about poverty.
(Macropoetry)
7. Write a Tritina with a touch of whimsy or nonsense.
8. Write a Pentina having a theme of war.
9. Write a Sestina having a theme of exploration.
10. Write an Octina with a theme of revenge.
11. Write a Harrisham Rhyme poem on the topic of forgiveness.
12. Write an Abecedarian poem about the path to self discovery.
13. Write a Blitz Poem about death.
micropoetry ~ a hay(na)ku
Hay(na)ku ~ on hate – 1/2/3 words. Incidentally this one has 1/2/3 syllables
till
one day
you loathe love
***
Mindfills For A different perspective’s August scavenger hunt ~ 13 forms of micropoetry
The zappai, kimo and lune are here … https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/micropoetry-zappai-kimo-lune/
End of Summer Scavenger Hunt prompts:
(Micropoetry)
1. Write a Zappai using the theme of drunkenness.
2. Write a Kimo on the subject of jealousy.
3. Write a Lune about birth. 4. Write a Hay(na)ku about hate.
5. Write a Naani about time.
6. Write an Oddquain about poverty.
(Macropoetry)
7. Write a Tritina with a touch of whimsy or nonsense.
8. Write a Pentina having a theme of war.
9. Write a Sestina having a theme of exploration.
10. Write an Octina with a theme of revenge.
11. Write a Harrisham Rhyme poem on the topic of forgiveness.
12. Write an Abecedarian poem about the path to self discovery.
13. Write a Blitz Poem about death.
micropoetry ~ zappai, kimo, lune
Zappai ~ on drunkenness – 5/7/5 syllable pattern with no reference to seasons
foolish desires
racing into tomorrows
drunk on life and us
***
Kimo ~ on jealousy – 10/7/6 syllable pattern. The kimo focuses on a single frozen image
Carmine rivers of blooded words gushing,
crashing through my sanity
~when you see her, not me
***
Lune ~ On birth – 5/3/5 syllable count, known as the American Haiku
my baby's bald head
I breathe in
soothing my new soul
***
Mindfills For A different perspective’s August scavenger hunt ~ 13 forms of micropoetry & dVerse’s OLN hosted by Mish
End of Summer Scavenger Hunt prompts:
(Micropoetry)
1. Write a Zappai using the theme of drunkenness.
2. Write a Kimo on the subject of jealousy.
3. Write a Lune about birth.
4. Write a Hay(na)ku about hate.
5. Write a Naani about time.
6. Write an Oddquain about poverty.
(Macropoetry)
7. Write a Tritina with a touch of whimsy or nonsense.
8. Write a Pentina having a theme of war.
9. Write a Sestina having a theme of exploration.
10. Write an Octina with a theme of revenge.
11. Write a Harrisham Rhyme poem on the topic of forgiveness.
12. Write an Abecedarian poem about the path to self discovery.
13. Write a Blitz Poem about death.
Round the world ~ an englyn cyrch
Round the world and back again
I felt unique, I'd found fame
and a million stories
to forever please my name
I came home only to find
million souls just like mine
with dreams and hopes still afloat
on paper boats of sunshine
***
Mindfills for Eugi’s weekly prompt – round the world
Poetry form – The Englyn cyrch is a Welsh form, and one of several “englyn” forms. It has the following guidelines:
- poem comprised of quatrains (from one quatrain to infinity) or 4-line stanzas
- 7 syllables per line
- lines 1, 2, and 4 end rhyme with each other
- line 3 rhymes with a syllable somewhere in the middle of the 4th line
dew ~ a lanturne
dew
drops in
unannounced
making flower
smile
Mindfills for David of The Skeptic’s Kaddish who has inspired me to write a lanturne, a poetry form with syllabic count 1/2/3/4/1 & for Cee’s FOTD
there she blooms ~ a monotetra
there she blooms petal by petal
capturing the ephemeral
my heart goes on a carousel
Oh how I fell, Oh how I fell
we watch the sweet seasons we laughed
linked fingers touch old photographs
our here and now blends with our past
we loved to last, we loved to last
***
Mindfills for ~ dVerse’s Poetry Forms hosted by Grace. The challenge is to write a monotetra verse & Eugi’s weekly prompt – petal
