May
Buds swell on the stalk
greening, growing opening
tasting sun and rain and wind
sweet-talking Summer
take my hand and follow me
all we have is potential
This poetic form is called Sedoka, which consists of two shorter poems, called katautas, smoothed together. A katauta is a three line poem that has a syllabic pattern of 5/7/7. So of course the Sedoka has 38 syllables over six lines that read as 5/7/7/5/7/7.
Taking the hand of summer - what a wonderful image..it does feel like a time of change..where we can lead ourselves into something new..jae
ReplyDeleteI love May with the bursting buds. Great shot too!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully expressed. That potential is all.
ReplyDeleteLove the implied promise here.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
ReplyDeletetasting sun and rain and wind
is my favorite.
Jae - Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMeryl - Thank you. The picture is from a lilac in my yard. The same one that is in a picture a few poems back, covered with snow!
Anthony - Thank you sir.
Kate - Yes, promises.
Amanda - Thanks, glad you liked it.
What a delight this poem is. Applause to for explaining the form. May is not that much fun in the southern hemisphere with rain and winter expected but it was always my favorite time in the year when I lived in the UK.
ReplyDeleteOldegg - Thank you. Sounds like our November here. Thanks for reading. And I have learned several of the poetic forms I used from a site called One Stop Poetry.
ReplyDeletewhat a divine poetential piece.
ReplyDeleteMay has talent, so are you.
brilliant words.
Thank you PPPL!
ReplyDeleteAll we have is potential...what a beautiful image :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Cynthia
ReplyDeletedivine message.
ReplyDelete:)