My 1st Cadralor
In the form of 5 Kimos
countless Russian and English children's books;
last week's newspaper; a child's
fairy robe on the couch
nearly to the ceiling, six shelves, volumes
of Jewish texts; mementos;
tchotchkes; toys; games; clutter
including chairs, one-third of the room for
the wooden table, strewn with
laptop; wires; watch; hot mug
three framed jigsaw puzzles; horizontal
bookshelf; a light switch; framed text
from Proverbs on the walls
the overweight, bearded poet in green
pajamas surveys the mess;
hesitates to publish
d’Verse
Thursday’s d’Verse prompt was to try our hands at writing cadralors.
Cadralor
The cadralor is a poem of 5, unrelated, numbered stanzaic images, each of which can stand alone as a poem, is fewer than 10 lines, and ideally constrains all stanzas to the same number of lines. Imagery is crucial to cadralor: each stanza should be a whole, imagist poem, almost like a scene from a film, or a photograph. The fifth stanza acts as the crucible, alchemically pulling the unrelated stanzas together…
Kimo
The kimo shares much in common with the haiku: it appears in three lines, making it a tristich, with each line following a diminishing pattern:
- Ten syllables
- Seven syllables
- Six syllables
Each of these lines are unrhymed.
The kimo often deals with a static image, a single moment in which there is no movement. Along with its brief nature, this makes it an excellent form to reflect on or celebrate a particular instance.
The skeptic's kaddish 
Great ending to this layered poem. Thanks for the info on a Kimo.
💓💛 Sara 💛💓
Green pyjamas!
I have other colors (like pink and navy blue) too – it just happened to be the green ones that night 🙂
Its nice you mix it up a bit! 😁
This was so real and I could imagine myself in the room. I loved the fairy robe on the couch! Well done David ☺️💕
🧡 Christine 🧡 – thank you!
I can really see the poet sitting there writing what he sees in his room… love it.
💘 Björn 💘
I really like the way this poem uses not one but two forms and makes them disappear under its message and medium. That’s difficult to do, and I take my hat off to you. I also loved the warmth and life and sense of past building present that these brief phrases display in such abundance. A pure pleasure to read.
Oh I laughed outloud at the last line! I /knew/ there was a reason I didn’t publish! Bravo.
💓 Alexandra 💓 – thank you so much!
-David
This is deeply deeply poignant! I could feel the hesitation in the fifth stanza .. you describe the conflict which every writer goes through so well here. Hit publish, you are the best 💝💝
🤎 Sanaa 🤎 – thank you for the encouragement!
Yours,
David
“Get out of my psychosis” came to mind, as if you were describing my surroundings and delay. What a wonderfully descriptive and present poem.
💚 Paul 💚 – thank you. I really was trying to be as descriptive as I could be within the parameters of the kimos…
Yours,
David
Quite possibly the perfect setting for writing a cadralor, David! Some muses are messy 🙂
💙 Lynn 💙 – thank you so much!
You’re welcome, David 🙂
Well done, my friend!!
❤ Helen ❤ – thank you!
Yours,
David
Wow, two forms combined! I think your abode has it all, and then some! 😆
What it definitely has, Tricia, is too many children’s books, games, and toys‼️
😂
David
Haha. It actually looks cozy and lovely. A warm home. 🙂
Warm and messy! 😣