Sangeetha & David’s new poetry project
Once upon a time, two poets who’d never met in person spontaneously began writing verses back and forth to one another over the Internet. Their first poetry project took them some nine months: a 100 verse Hyakuin.
Once they’d completed their oeuvre, the two decided to continue their creative journey together; and Sangeetha came up with a fun new idea, which David loved – to explore different poetic forms together, working through the Alphabet from ‘A’ to ‘Z’.
Every week, for twenty-six weeks beginning in January of the year 2022, they would take turns selecting poetic forms beginning with the letter corresponding to that particular week (1=A, 2=B, etc., etc.) and write poems to one another using that form.
David suggested they call their new project ‘Form verses creativity’, and so it began.
K for Kimo
Sangeetha’s Kimo
winter's snowscape of twenty little feet
parent-meeting on parkbench
~ lost pink mitten left out
David’s Kimo
AK-47 in the corner
Kyiv complies with curfew
~ killed children in Ukraine
Kimo?
The Kimo is an Israeli version of the haiku.
- no movement in the imagery;
- a poem of 3 lines;
- syllabic: 10/7/6;
- unrhymed.
Sangeetha & David’s ‘Form verses creativity’
- The Alouette
- The Balance
- The Candlelight
- The Dizain
- The Etheree
- The Florette
- The Ghazal
- The Hexaduad
- The Italian octave
- The Jue Ju
- The Kimo
- The Limerick
- The Marianne
- The Nocturna
- The Ottava Rima
- The Pathya Vat
- The Quintilla
- The Retrac
- The Sijo
- The Tritina
- The Ukiah
- The Verso-Rhyme
- The Waltz Wave
- X (wildcard): The Lira
- The YaDu
- The Zejel
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)
Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!
https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2022/03/17/form-verses-creativity-ottava-rima/
We have a sequel ๐
๐ Sangeetha ๐
Somebody (me) may be learning a bit more about poerty.
๐๐ Robert ๐๐ ~ that is how I began too two years ago!
-David
The contrast illuminates both. (K)
๐ Kerfe ๐
Both are so effective. Sangeetha’s shows beauty in the mundane, while yours has gut-wrenching imagery. Combined, it’s such a shocking effect, almost like being awakened from a calm sleep by a loud noise and bolting upright in the dark, adrenaline pumping and instantly alert. You two have an incredible synergy. ๐
๐ Mike ๐
Mike, you’ve beautifully expressed the way I felt too. โค
Thank you! ๐
๐๐
๐ Filipa ๐
Both poems speak to loss – one subtle the other stark.
๐ข Muri ๐ข
The depth of dispair compounded a hundred fold.
๐ Lauren ๐