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Rated: E · Poetry · Activity · #2319228
a poem written for The Writer's Cramp contest "The Shadorma"
This is an interesting one. A syllabic poem. probably also from Spain. It has six lines - (a sestet) with a syllable pattern:3/5/3/3/7/5
"The Shadorma"

Schematically:
xxx
xxxxx
xxx
xxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxx

An example:

I want out
out of this rhythm
up early
tired fast…
perhaps a vacation brings
some well deserved rest

Poem © Bianca Boonstra 2003
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/art/formsofpoetry/agamemmnon's.sanctuary.spanishfor...


18 lines




Fire

Used to cook.
And sterilize things.
And places
where we live.
Fire serves us well, certainly,
since our caveman days.

Fire can be
A weapon of war
Destroyer
of what was.
Erasing all to ashes
leaving only hope

Human’s tool
can be good or BAD.
Gives comfort
from the cold.
Burns your flesh if you are near.
Wise use is needed!




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