To believe, or: Heaven leans on earth

A Cleave poem

in the form of two Shadormas

as I age		rhythms shift
over endful days		whetting my senses
transformed by		a wisdom
existing		beyond me
in the perceived universe		calling unrelentingly
I’ve come to believe		heaven leans on earth

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How to read a cleave poem?

Simply:

1. Read the left hand poem as a first discrete poem.
2. Read the right hand poem as a second discrete poem.
3. Read the whole as a third integrated poem.

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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.

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#TankaTuesday

The above was written for Colleen M. Chesebro’s ‘Tanka Tuesday’ prompt.

Poets were encouraged to write syllabic poems on the theme of “lessons from nature”.

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Twiglets #293

the sky leans

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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!