B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – Shadorma Pair – November 7, 2015

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Greetings from Paloma!

For this week I’d like us to simplify and look at paired shadormas.  As you remember, the shadorma is a non-rhyming six-line poem with a syllable count of  3/5/3/3/7/5.  ‌

I‌n looking at shadormas, I found the following shadorma written by our own Bastet, from her earlier prompt featuring Vincent Van Gogh:

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oniric
the courtesan peeks
at the blooms
in the spring
slowly like gentle snow flakes
cherry blossoms fall

(c) G.s.k. ’14

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For this exercise, please write two (or more) shadormas based on the Van Gogh paintings, the music, or your own inspiration.  Bastet’s painting choices (above, below) inspired the following shadorma pair:

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she had wished   
for so many things   
to appear   
that midnight –   
like the whisper of rushes   
tangled in her robes   

no whispers –   
only worn-out boots,   
cobblestones,   
and dull eyes –   
yellow sunflowers, dying   
under starry skies    

Paloma, 2014

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When you have written your poem(s), please TAG them B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond and MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie. Then add your link to the Mister Linky widget below.

Have Fun!

Paloma

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