An ‘atom poem’
small
pompous
bully
fears
own dark
doubt
never
sees his
folks
feels
ignored
hated
ruled
by sharp
anger
just a
wounded
child
cries
when he's
alone
Atom poetic form?
- At least one tercet (three line stanza);
- Letters per line: 5-7-5;
- No punctuation; no capitalization (like haiku).
Moonwashed weekly prompt
W3 poetry prompt
This week’s W3 poetry prompt was to write a series of at least five ‘atom poems’ on the theme of ‘childhood’ or ‘children’.
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!
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You created a rounded character is a short spaceโ nicely done!
๐๐๐ป Sarah ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks!
Quite a milestone! Congrats. I love this blog!
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~David
Dang, you make it look so easy with this smooth story poem. I like how there is understanding shown for the bully, himself a hurting wounded child.
๐๐๐ป thanks, D. ๐๐ป๐
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