A Choka
ground temperature at depths greater than ten feet stays relatively constant through the course of time please bury me deep in Earth's comfortable bosom a warm welcoming spa-like decomposition muscles loosening lying horizontally limbs and back at rest and still mine to enjoy finally
Choka?
The most intricate Japanese Poetry form is the Choka, or Long Poem. The early form consisted of a series of katauta joined together. This gives a choice of form structures of 5/7/5/5/7/7โฆ etc., or: 5/7/7/5/7โฆ etc.
The Choka could be any total line length and indeed many exceeded 100 lines. Looking at this, it is easy to see why Poetic Historians believe the katauta is the original basic unit of Japanese poetry using either the 17 or 19 unit onji.
d’Verse Quadrille #164
The above choka is my take on dโVerseโs Quadrille challenge.
The Quadrille is simply a poem of 44 words (excluding the title), and it can take any form. This weekโs challenge was to use the word โwarmโ in a Quadrille.
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The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
What an absolutely lovely and comforting image of burial and death. Made me feel good, actually. ๐
๐๐๐ป Lillian ๐๐ป๐
A good place for your elements to become their next incarnation. (K)
๐๐๐ป Kerfe ๐๐ป๐
Nice one !!!
much๐love
๐ค๐๐ป Gillena ๐๐ป๐ค
A little different take than mine, but still oddly comforting to be buried in Earth’s bosom and just let go of everything, truly learning what it is to unwind! ๐
๐ค๐๐ป Tricia ๐๐ป๐ค
A very interesting take on the poem contrasting cold death with lying in warm repose! Well done, David.
๐ค๐๐ป Dwight ๐๐ป๐ค
deep……. indeed
๐๐๐ป r.Douglas ๐๐ป๐
It does sound like a warm and cozy final resting place. You rest that deep they may find you intact in a thousand years and be able to revive you ๐
๐งก๐๐ป Lisa ๐๐ป๐งก ~ wouldn’t we decompose faster in the warmer depths of the Earth?
I really don’t know. If you find out let me know ๐
There’s something strangely comforting about how you’ve phrased this David! ๐ค๐ค๐๐๐๐
โค๏ธ๐๐ป Ken ๐๐ปโค๏ธ
Thatโs eerie yet beautiful.
๐๐๐ป Shashi ๐๐ป๐
Smooth and comforting. โค๏ธ
๐๐๐ป Filipa ๐๐ป๐
The decomposition sounds really comforting…
๐๐๐ป Bjรถrn ๐๐ป๐
Quite comforting.
๐ป๐๐ป Dolly ๐๐ป๐ป