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BJ’s Shadorma & Beyond – Joseph’s Star – January 3, 2015

Fantasy in Navy by Jen at BIOLI

Hello everyone!  Thank you for participating in last week’s challenge!  As always, it was fun to read your responses!

For this week Bastet and I would like to introduce a form called the Joseph’s Star.   The Joseph’s Star was created by Christina R. Jussaume. It is a non-rhyming 8-line poem with a syllable count of 1/3/5/7/7/5/3/1.  Each stanza is center-aligned so that the finished poem is diamond-shaped.

You may join as many stanzas as you wish.

Here is an example of a one-stanza Joseph’s Star:

smile:
night offers
ten thousand stories
and all heaven is smiling –
gather the stars as you will
into your own tale –
dream a bit –
breathe!

Or – since this is “Shadorma and Beyond” – you may write a shadorma – or a combination of shadormas and Joseph’s Stars.  Again, the shadorma is a non-rhyming 6-line poem with a syllable count of 3/5/3/3/7/5.

The tree and stars photo is offered for your inspiration — or you may use whatever inspires you this week.

When you have written your Joseph’s Star, tag it:  MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie and BJ’s Shadorma and Beyond.  And don’t forget to add your link to Mister Linky.

Have Fun!
Jen

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22 comments

    • Thanks! 🙂

      I don’t normally like concrete poetry very much — but the Joseph’s Star reminds me of the Lanturne — and the forms add structure and emphasis without being intrusive or phony. Fun to work with.

      Lanturne –http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lanturne.html

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  10. Great form….visually, it is so lovely to look at and that just adds to the fun. Thanks for always providing so much awesome inspiration 🙂

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    • So glad you enjoy it! It seems very much like a larger, longer Lanturne — and while I’m not crazy (generally) about concrete poetry forms, I agree with you — this one is a lot of fun. 🙂

      So glad you found it inspiring!

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  13. This seems easier than the Lanturne for some reason…more sylables to play with perhaps.I am afraid my sleepless painful night impacted my muse with a one track mind. I will try later this week to write something else with this form.

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