Recently I did a post based on the tilus which I’d discovered through The Red Wolf Poems Blog. Bjorn also introduced it to the Carpe Diem blog…but both discovered the form through dVerse Poet’s Pub. It’s a tricky form. I’d advise you to go and look at the link below, which will take you to the Carpe Diem Haiku Kai post which contains many examples.
So, for Carpe Diem’s Little Ones I’m going to try a series of tilus! Very similar to a haiku in the sense that the main focus is on nature, it has a 10 syllable count: 6 – 3 – 1, it was invented by Kelvin S. M.
summer’s come … nostalgia
fills my heart …
Rome
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childhood memories,
fire flies flash …
joy
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river flows quickly by
racing past …
gone
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remembered desert heat
Djibouti …
hell
Written for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – Little Ones
Awesome series of Tilus Bastet … it seems like you have managed this micropoetry very well.
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Thanks, they were interesting to try…micropoetry can be fun, but tilus are not going to be my favorite form I think 🙂
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I do agree with you, but tilus are fun and very chalenging
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Yes they are and keep youon your toes! 🙂
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Sure they do … they even learn us something … to say more with lesser words than haiku …
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Exactly!
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🙂
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You have brought us to places with these Tilus in a way your audiece were able to share same feelings you felt back in those places. I enjoyed it. Thank you for trying your hand at this form. Smiles.
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Thank you very much Kelvin…you’ve invented a very interesting form. It’s a bit tricky, especially the first time around. I’ve added it as an idea for my shadorma prompts as well, sort of the “haiku” at the end of a haibun. Here’s the link: http://wp.me/p4t2PZ-6H … be wishes!
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Thank you , Bastet. I appreciate it. When I get back home after office, i’ll look at your prompt further & see if can do a shadorma too. Smiles.
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OOh, that would be lovely, thanks! 🙂
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