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A ‘Kōel’

breath eternal levels earth in entirety
bedrock beneath buffeted, burst, broken
blown away, remnants of society

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Kōel?

Kōel is an onomatopoeia form patterned after the caw of the bird of the same name. The male bird makes a Coo coO sound while the female makes a sharp kik kik kik. The poetic form has roots in India, Malaysia, China and Singapore.

• Stanzaic: written in any number of tercets;
• Rhymed: rhyme scheme axa bxb cxc etc., with x being unrhymed. Rhymes should have strong vowel sounds.
• In its strictest form, L1 and L2 are assonant and must carry the same vowel sound in each word in the line.
• L2 is always alliterated. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs must all begin with the same consonant. Articles and connectors need not alliterate.

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d’Verse poetics prompt: The four elements

At d’Verse, poets were encouraged to pick one of the classical four elements – earth, air, fire and water – and write a poem inspired by it.

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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!