A quadrille
In the form of a Shadorma
My best friend
in graduate school
was Christian.
As a Jew,
I asked for help with our school's
tree and its tinsel.
I'd gone to
Salvation Army
to pick up
Angels for
that fake fir tree. Each had a
poor child's name on it.
Shadorma
- The Shadorma is a Spanish poetic form made up of a stanza of six lines with no set rhyme scheme (rhyme is optional);
- It is a syllabic poem with a meter of 3/5/3/3/7/5;
- It can have many stanzas, as long as each follows the meter.
d’Verse Quadrille #142:
The above Shadorma is my take on today’s d’Verse’s Quadrille challenge.
The Quadrille is simply a poem of 44 words (excluding the title), and it can take any form. This week’s challenge was to use the word “tinsel” in a Quadrille.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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The feeling of charity without any personal intent is such a blessed feeling. 🙂
😍 Terveen 😍
David, I love this poem. Simple and beautiful narrative, with a larger-than-itself universal vibe!
❤ Lia ❤ – thank you.
Your words penetrate. We are always asked to cross lines. So few dare. 💕
🤍 Mary 🤍 – thank you, Mary.
Sincerely,
David
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were no insider/outside just love helping those in need?
Yes, Dale ❤ – that is exactly so.
Yours,
David
🙂
Hello David, I hope you are well. It is absolutely facinating the different forms of poetry that there are.
I totally agree, Marie – I had no idea that so many forms of poetry even existed!
Thank you ❤
David
Stark memory, David. True giving has no race or religion. Love this.
Thanks, KK 🙂
Insider/Outsider -as you point out, it doesn’t matter when helping those in need.
so I like to think 🙂
thanks, Marion ❤
-David