Accidently
bold, chivalrously
dutiful, exquisitely fragile,
gracefully
hollowed, intuitive
J knows love.
Mutually
numbed, opportunists
parallelled quite resplendently,
sexually
transcendent, unusually
virile — winsome, xxx!
Yet,
Zeus - Ammon.
Between challenges, D
engages,
flirts, greatly
humanes J, knowing
love
mines night's
ore: photons, quartzite
(radio
signals transmitting
undivided vigor, wit,
xxx!)
Yet, zest
accumulates, burrows, caves.
D
ellaborates, figures,
gifts — hoping J
knows
love, mainly
numb, perishes. Quits.
~ Lorna Dee Cervantes
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* It's one-a-day, folks!
more hay(na)ku at Eileen Tabio's, inventor of hay(na)ku form (1/2/3 word tercets)
3 comments:
Lorna
I just read the link explaining the form you're using. Can you also explain it a bit more in your own words? I've studied and written haiku and with that, the emphasis is mainly on the 'here and now' and the use of visual images. I like what you posted. I'd just like to understand it better.
You should go to Eileen Tabios, inventor of the form. As I understand it, it's pretty simple: 3 line stanzas, 1/2/3 words each line. What I like aboout it, now, with the extra challenge I've given myself of working with the abecedarian form, is it's a way of getting out of my head, my thought processes, thought & plot, and very much in the moment of writing the poems with no revision, or minimal, mostly adding or if I forgot a letter, or relineation. But I fret over line breaks (that's a bit of a pun) so this is free jazz for me within the waltz of the alphabet. Also, I've got Sleeping With the Alphabet in mind. Thanks for asking.
I'll try looking at the link you left again. Maybe I didn't read far enough, but your explanation made sense. Thanks.
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