Sailing – Shadorma
when sails fill
with the mighty wind
we feel free
as we fly
upon crystal blue water
then, close encounters
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Thanks to Mindlovemisery, (who by the way has just opened a new prompt site called: Mindlovemisery Menagerie) I’ve discovered the Shadorma, a Spanish poetry form form made up of a stanza of six lines (sestet) with no set rhyme scheme.
It is a syllabic poem with a meter of 3/5/3/3/7/5.
It can have many stanzas, as long as each follows the meter.
Little is known about this poetic style’s origins and history but it is used by many modern poets today.
Have a great week!
This is gorgeous you really nailed the form strait off =) Did you consider hosting the Shadorma challenge? Coming up with the weekly themes. Sailing would be a great first theme. If you are game I need an email to invite you to author
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Sure…I’ll give it a go! koch1952@libero.it is my address! Sound fun!
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Yay! Shadormas are scheduled for Saturday =) If ever there is a time you will be unavailable just let me know and I will sub. Do you know how to use Mister Linky or would you like me send you a little tutorial? With your post I like if you can accompany it with a photo so if you did sailing this Saturday maybe a sailboat or something haha
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I’ve been using a generic Mister Linky do you have one specifically for your blog? Take a look at the dashboard…;-)
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I use generic because it is free haha so that is great
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Fine..I’ve done a draft see what you think.
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This is excellent looks like you are good to go on Saturday =)
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Great then…let the game begin! 🙂
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Great I felt it hehe and wanted to be on the glimmering sea
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Ps wow when did poetry get so complicated ie stanzas I’ve not a clue what all that means I just enjoy reading them. I was ‘Thinking tentatively’ of trying to write something but where would you direct me for an organized prompt that is relaxed , not too many words or rules lol to start with. If it’s too complicated it just puts me off as I’ve not done this before x
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On Saturday I will be organizing a Shadorma prompt for Mindlovemisery Menagerie and they soon will have daily prompts: http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/assistance-needed/ … The shadorma isn’t really that complicated. A stanza is just a verse of poetry, like a paragraph is prose. It has a syllable count as you saw, but no rhyming patterns.
In the mean time, you might want to try the 13th Floor Sunday All in Word prompt (http://13thfloorparadigm.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/all-in-a-word-bastets-sunday-prompts/) or go over to We Drink because We’re Poets for a Monday prompt.. http://wedrinkbecausewerepoets.com/2014/03/17/poetry-prompt-2-the-places-we-are/ 😉 Happy writing!
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Thank you lots to look at 🙂
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🙂 you’re welcome.
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Here I go for a second comment…tried with my smart phone and almost done and pffft disappeared and kicked me off…Love this poem, Georgia! Sailing is indeed just like flying. I used to sail on a catamaran and on trapeze…wiiiiiii flying with the wind…lovely form as well, I am going to like this as much as I like haiku and tanka I think. I am so glad you are doing this. Saturday is my second day off and Fridays is for stories and Wed Haiku and Tanka…well….not good with fairytales though. This is going to keep me pretty busy but at least it is all on one website…so I will be more organized. Cool…now I’m going to zzzzzzzzzz nite…or morning. xx
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Well…for the story prompt, you might want to try the We Drink Because We’re Poets prompt … doing it on Friday now!
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plus FreeWriteFriday …well! that’ll keep me out of trouble. I can’t afford to date with my work, late hours and writing now…haha
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ooops don’t exaggerate!
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