A Choka
just "a friendly chat"
an impossibility
given your wholly
uncompromising sense of
deeply self-righteous
(false) monopoly on truth
*coff* ... could you please pass
those savory crisp garlic-
roasted brussels sprouts
perfect in small quantities
for intense pungent bouquet
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.
Poetry prompts
Twiglets #314
Moonwashed weekly prompt
Tanka Tuesday
๐ถ๏ธ This weekโs challenge is ‘The Spice of Life’: Choose a spice from your kitchen cabinet, and relate its flavor to an event that recently happened in your daily life. Write your syllabic poem! Bonusโif you share a photo of the spice in your post. ๐ถ๏ธ
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)
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I so want to try that.
๐งก๐๐ป Jude ๐๐ป๐งก ~ I love ’em!
I love the post David I can smell and taste those sprouts ๐
โค๏ธ๐๐ป Willow ๐๐ปโค๏ธ ~ they’re tasty ๐
I bet ๐
๐ง๐ Willow ๐ง๐
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Apart from the sprouts brilliant ๐
๐ค๐๐ป Ange ๐๐ป๐ค
Excellent take.’ uncompromising sense of
deeply self-righteous
(false) monopoly on truth’…
‘Brussels sprout’ googled and found it is called ‘ baby cabbage’ in India.
โค๏ธ๐๐ป Indira ๐๐ปโค๏ธ ~ is that what they are called in Hindi too?
~David
I have never seen, though. Don’t know how it tastes.
Roasted garlic Brussels sprouts–one of my favorite dishes! Loved your poem, David. ๐
๐๐๐ป Gwen ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks!
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I read this with an inner and then outer voice! This was awesome! And I love roasted garlic Brussel sprouts! My mouth is already watering for them. Great poem, David!
Yvette M Calleiro ๐http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
๐๐๐ป Yvette ๐๐ป๐ ~ thank you!