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you hold me
pale as crushed petals
paper dry
fading, but
on pink bed of your soft hands,
my dreams bloom, bold red
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tiny leaf
awakens, pulsing,
growing faith
uplifting
face to the sun, shoulders straight,
an oak tree rises
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"Bee in a Bottlebrush"
Drink from me
deep to my marrow
where the seeds
flaming red
scatter the fragrance and tears
of a wounded heart
Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: OpenLinkNight - Monday
and D'verse Poets Pub: OpenLinkNight - Tuesday
Poetry Form: Shadorma
The Shadorma is:
1. a hexastich, a poem in 6 lines
2. syllabic, 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllables per line.
3. unrhymed.
Photography credit: Jamie Clark
wonders of nature!
ReplyDeleteThese are all beautiful, Grace. My favorite, however, is the second one. Love picturing the oak tree rising from the small seed. Lots of hope in this short poem.
ReplyDeleteMy heart lifted with the first, soared with the second, and then scattered with the third hoping by such sacrifice to leave you whole.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Well Done Grace...
ReplyDeleteI have to try this again!
Yours contain magic
oh, i like the bold red dreams best.
ReplyDeleteMmm... What a beautiful blossoming! And all from a dream.
ReplyDeleteI'm as lost as robert service on all these fancy styles, but i love their beauty.
Especially the fullness of the last one.
Rick
I loved all of these, and how one can see oneself in the flowers. I thought the last was amazing, but enjoyed each one.
ReplyDeleteBrought the flowers alive, blossoming through your words.
ReplyDeleteThese are really lovely, Grace. Each accompanies its photo perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful, Grace!
ReplyDeletescatter the fragrance and tears
ReplyDeleteof a wounded heart
AWESOME!
Lovely - I think I especially like the first- very pretty poems, a nice form that works well for you.
ReplyDeletek.
in your hands my dreams bloom...that is beautiful in your opening one....made me smile.....some really great lines here grace...
ReplyDeleteUnrhymed, and yet sweetly read.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, Grace. I love the devotion in the first one. Sigh...
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful! I love poems about the natural world. Thanks....
ReplyDeleteNature is so kewl..... nicely spun
ReplyDeleteI love the second one...I really feel the minuteness growing large upon each building line. Really beautiful Shadormas Grace!!
ReplyDeleteA new form of poem .... wow ... Good one ... I will love to try this form too :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the contrast of red on pink in the first.
ReplyDeleteVery creatively done Grace...
ReplyDeleteI adore the first one... and thank you for introducing me to Shadorma...
ReplyDeletethe second about an oak tree is the favorite of mine, i adore them all though...always a delight to read you. thank you for sharing~~
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Heaven...the first is my favourite. Thank you for reminding me about this form...been ages since I've written a shadorma :)
ReplyDeleteThese are each lovely but, I really like the last one most. Some really lovely lines here and, they do each compliment the pictures so well.
ReplyDeleteThese are all beautiful.
ReplyDeletePoetic Grace
DeleteShe creates
in delicate lines
words to fit
bright blossoms
turning them to metaphors
for love and faith and sorrow.
This is so lovely ~ Thank you ~
DeleteLoved these--each one perfect --
ReplyDeleteGorgeous--especially love the first one.
ReplyDeleteLovely, Grace ! :)
ReplyDeleteI had read yours grace yesterday, but it wouldn't let me comment. I guess today I have the abracadabra word! lol They are all such exquisite little gems of poems. AMAZING is a good description for your work too. I plan to revisit and see much more of what you do. the flower one where you use the image as a symbol of a relationship are my favorites, and the last one with the bee is my very favorite. It is so romantic and heart-felt.
ReplyDeleteLove these. Especially the first and last, red bookends.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful. I love the use of color throughout the series.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done...photos and shardomas.
ReplyDeletei like them all but the third is my fav i think...the drinking and seeds scattered from a wounded heart..
ReplyDeleteGrace, these are all so wonderful! I love that bougainvilla poem, that's it exactly--dry paper, but not. The bottlebrush-drink from me, deep to my marrow--what a visual! Love it
ReplyDeleteCaresse, faith and generosity.
ReplyDeleteLovely haiku trinity, Grace, the third one the most touching to me.
Bougainvilleas are my fav flowers and "paper dry" is an accurate description of their petals, yes.
:)
Ah, shadormas! I love 'em - and your pictures...
ReplyDeleteGrace, really an excellent collection of poetry here. Love the perfect image choices you picked to accompany each verse. Thanks for the form explanations as well, will have to give a try. Again, very nicely penned. Thanks
ReplyDeleteLovely verses that thoroughly do justice to the beauty and the magic of their subject.
ReplyDeleteGrace,
ReplyDeleteThese are marvelous compositions, so complete in their brevity, so vibrant in the images you portray. My favorite is number two, the notion of growth, evolution. Fine pieces, all of them.
It's not a form I'm familiar with - nicely done. Three times.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Love the shadorma, and these are very well done. I especially love:
ReplyDelete"scatter the fragrance and tears
of a wounded heart"
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simply wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteIn case I did not comment here yesterday...
ReplyDelete"... face to the sun, shoulders straight,
an oak tree rises..."
And that oak tree is NOT in a hurry, nor does it worry. It realizes that one Thousand years of time is nothing. Especially when there is no such thing as 'time'.
(and yet, it marches on--grin! ASK me!)
There is SO much here, Heaven, and I LOVE it all.
PEACE, Grace. In 'our' time, and after!
Steve
These are awesome. Love that last one!
ReplyDeleteI love Shadorma - these meet the requirements but feel a little like tanka as well. The emphasis on nature quite beautiful.
ReplyDeleteCool format and one you do extremely well. I love the title of bee in a Bottlebush and the pic is really cool. Hope you are well luv....great job as always.
ReplyDeleteI love this.
ReplyDeleteI like all of these, but especially the first one, with the opening line creating a tension and sense of warmth that sets the scene for the rest.
ReplyDeleteArtful, sweet, perfect... you are great!
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