My 1st chōka
brown blanket threadbare tattered shivering bodies trampled by spiders succumbing to elements blown cold against curb blue pebbles await beyond golden barrier chance crevice veiled by despair only one dares hope haltingly extends upwards feeling its way to heaven
d’Verse poetics prompt:
‘Exploring the realm of Minimalist Photography’
At d’Verse, we were instructed to select one of twelve photographs by Glenn Buttkus and write a poem. It could be an ekphrastic poem. It could be philosophical, dark, romantic, or solemn. Share what you feel about Minimalist photography when you see it. The idea here is to provoke an emotion, and what better way to pour them out rather than poetry?
I selected the 4th photograph, titled ‘Leaves and yellow curb’ and penned a chōka.
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so wonderful piece, yes it’s the truth.
Thanks, Mobarak 😀
-David
you’re welcome, David
Good one😍
✨🙏✨ Azka ✨🙏✨
David,
This was great!
“tattered shivering bodies” worked so well describing those brittle leaves!
Susan
🙂 Susan, thank you! 🙂
It does look like a hand reaching up. I like the way the words mirror the layers in the photo. (K)
💖 thanks, Kerfe 💖
I love how you found the movement in the image… from the decay to something else maybe
❤ Thanks so much, Björn ❤
I love the way you ‘present’ your poetry …. beautiful interpretation of Glenn’s photo.
💛 Thank you so much, Helen 💛
-David
Nice use of color in your lines to illustrate objects so frequently associated with changing colors.
TJS, I’m not an artist, but I have been finding that using color on my poems gives them a bit of extra flavor… it’s something that printed poems usually can’t/don’t have.
❤
David
How wonderful to read your excellent poetry again, David. Love what you did here. You always surprise and inspire. ❤️
Awww… thank you so much, Punam… I’ve missed you❣️
-David
Always my pleasure. ❤️
It’s a new form to me, but I like the way you’ve done it, especially the alliteration and the colours: are they part of the form, or your addition?
the alliteration and colo[u]rs are all me 🙂
❤
David
Well you have taken it to the next level 👌
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