Welcome to my April 2025 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly.  So, here goes nothing!

So, without further ado, S is for …Shadorma

“Shadorma is a poetic form consisting of a sestet (six-line stanza). Each stanza of this form has a syllable count of three syllables in the first line, five syllables in the second line, three syllables in the third and fourth lines, seven syllables in the fifth line, and five syllables in the sixth line (3/5/3/3/7/5) for a total of 26 syllables. This form may have one or an unlimited mnumber of stanzas as long as each follows the meter.“

Trust Me

Cat lies down
rolls to show belly.
Demands pats
until done,
with claws outstretched to tell me
it’s time to stop now

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Thanks for visiting my 2025 A to Z Challenge – Letter S.

Welcome to my April 2025 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly.  So, here goes nothing!

So, without further ado, R is for …Roundel.

“A Roundel poem is a very short poem that consists of 3 stanzas with 3 lines in each stanza. The Roundel poem uses alternate rhyming where its first words are repeated following the 1st and 3rd stanzas. The form is a version of the French Rondeau and was developed by Algernon Charles Swinburne. It is a form of English language poetry where its rhythmic scaling is abar, bab, abar, where r is referred to as the refrain. The Roundel is composed of 9 lines with each line having the same amount of syllables.”

Oceans of Spring

Sun glints off waves, oceans of spring;
breezes bring skimming kite sails
skipping as surf sing
while sun glints off waves.

Tourists walk the safety rails,
to dogs on leashes cling
tight to keep from trails.

Seagulls cry, as a child flings
scraps of bread, her arms flail,
points to ships crossing,
As sun glints off waves.

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Thanks for visiting my 2025 A to Z Challenge – Letter R.

Welcome to my April 2025 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…with pictures), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly.  So, here goes nothing!

So, without further ado, Q is for …Questionku

“A questionku is a type of short form poem that creates a question for the reader to ponder. The rather new style of writing was created by poet Richard Lamoureux. The questionku style is similar to a haiku or senryu in the respect that there are a certain amount of lines and number of syllables on those lines that must be used.

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Thanks for visiting my 2025 A to Z Challenge – Letter Q.