The Poetic Musings of Dawn

janaku (#119)

Dreams

darkness
numb thought
the body lies

emptiness
illusions sought
under slumber's guise

possess
mood distraught
another harsh surprise

progress
images wrought
an unknown reprise



the Jánakú. (pronounciation: hay (na) ku )
"The forum owner of "The World in Chapter and Verse" writes:
The form was invented by Eileen Tabios. It is simple: A tercet comprised of one, two- and three-word lines. Variations can be created from the basic form. "

From dictionary: Tercet
"a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet."