Three Lines 14-16 syllables per line A total of 44-46 syllables for the entire poem. The first line of the Sijo usually sets the theme. The second line elaborates on the first line. The third line brings the poem matter to a close.
awakened from her nightly dreams, visions she wished she had seen
reality, not quenched desires, fantasy found ire
such comparisons to daily life only proved actual strife
“Starbucks, are you kidding me? They cost a fortune!”
“I thought you might like a special treat while you’re going over this mess.”
Julie was sitting at the desk amid a pile of unpaid bills. Joe handed her the coffee with an apologetic look. “One time, but never again; we can’t afford it.”
Well as I sit here listening to the loud drone of the mower outside my window and then topped off by the inevitable trimmer whine, I’m reading posts, writing my own, and think it’s time to say thank you again to my followers and commenters. Everyone here on WP loves comments and the idea that something they have photographed or written or crafted is appreciated. So…
a prosery piece is a flash fiction in 144 words, including the specified line from a poem. You can change the punctuation, but you must keep the words the same. Tonight’s line is : “she’d had it sliced away leaving a scar”. The line comes from a poem by Michael Donaghy, and I came across it in Ruth Padel’s book “52 ways of looking at a poem”. Donaghy was born in America in 1954, and moved to London in the 1980s, where he worked in traditional Irish music. He sadly died in 2004.
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She’d had it sliced away leaving a scar, even nearest and dearest friends were oblivious to her inner sorrow. They knew something had changed in her demeanor, missing her blithe spirit and sudden raucous laugh at their jokes.
Sue was never what you would call the life of the party but she used to let her emotions free in the small group of friends.
Sue met her fateful need of what might be interpreted as enlightenment on a sunny day at the beach. She was mindlessly drawing pictures in the sand with her nephew when approached by a handsome young man. She and her nephew were at once fascinated by tales he told around the images drawn in the sand.
The afternoon led to a too brief encounter and the man disappeared. After she had offered her heart and was dismissed, the operation occurred.
I saw the original as a child, most of the time with my head in my sister’s lap I was so scared. This remake does a good job in my opinion: “War of the Worlds” starring Tom Cruise. Of course everything went dark with a thunderstorm as I was watching 😂
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