The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
of JzB see my other blog, Retirement Blues. (There be dragons!)

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Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku

"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Saturday, October 14, 2017

Fussy Garden Form

Today we are exposed to a form that is new to me - the shadorma - a 6 line, syllable-counted haiku derivative.  I love haiku/senryu, as you can see by scrolling through this blog, so I like this ideas.  The first one is just playing with the name; the second is how my day is going; the third is today's weather, and the last is in the haiku spirit, reflecting my affection for the amphibians I find in my yard.

Correction, a day later - this form is not a haiku derivative.  It comes to us from Spain.


shadorma
it’s not a shadow
nor gray shade
nor color
standing out in black and white
waiting to be read

~:~

lonely day
i sit by myself
just writing
scribing thoughts
my lovely wife lies in bed
sick and all alone

~:~

falling rain
in early autumn
thick gray clouds
the whole day
night falls and darkness deepens
winter is coming

~:~

slow hopping
under the bushes
mottled tones
blending in
hiding from the hawk’s sharp eyes 
a brown speckled toad

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9 comments:

  1. brudbergOctober 15, 2017 at 1:59 AM

    Oh I hope the toad will make it...

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  2. Sanaa RizviOctober 15, 2017 at 5:16 AM

    Lovely work!!💕

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  3. Maude LynnOctober 15, 2017 at 11:26 AM

    I love that last one!

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  4. MarianOctober 15, 2017 at 11:47 AM

    Oh, I like them all, really love the last one, and that second one gave me a sharp pain in my belly. Well done.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 15, 2017 at 3:40 PM

    perfect little collection of shadorma

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  6. purplepeninportland.comOctober 15, 2017 at 8:23 PM

    Wonderful shadorma! I fell in love with that last one.

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  7. Rosemary Nissen-WadeOctober 16, 2017 at 2:48 AM

    Each one is a small masterpiece; love the last best of all.

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  8. kaykualaOctober 16, 2017 at 4:39 AM

    blending in hiding from
    the hawk’s sharp eyes

    Survival means to be a few steps ahead or one is done for!

    Hank

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  9. Susie ClevengerOctober 17, 2017 at 6:16 PM

    Oh these are great... The first one is my favorite.

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