A ‘Septolet’
One lone tank leads Russia's Victory Day parade. Russia's lost 2,000 tanks in Ukraine.
Septolet?
The Septolet is a poem consisting of seven lines containing fourteen words with a break anywhere in between the two parts. Both parts deal with the same thought and create a picture.
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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I hope this is based on fact, David! โค
100%!
Poignant and timely.
๐๐๐ป Dolly ๐๐ป๐ ~ ืชืืื ืจืื
ืืืงืฉื ๐ป
Wow! That is stunning, both in the numbers and the starkness of your septolet! ๐
๐๐๐ป Colleen ๐๐ป๐ ~ it’s straight outta the news!
I know… I have to filter the news these days. The negativity is overwhelming. ๐๐ป๐
Your title is very well-chosen, David!๐๐ป Mankind tends to repeat the same mistakes from the past. This is an endless war due to a very greedy and mean man. He reminds me of someone… ๐ค
โค๏ธ๐๐ป Filipa ๐๐ปโค๏ธ ~ merรงi
The poem is rich in brevity and depth. Well done. And I look forward to participating in the community you are building!
๐ค๐๐ป Liesl ๐๐ป๐ค ~ thanks! And that would be lovely; I hope you do!
Much love,
David
2023 complimentary report
From an anchor country
Oft endearingly called Mzansi
Lady docked
Offloaded and Uploaded
We donโt know what โ ammunition most probably
Anticipating a โGrand Paradeโ
At the naval base
In the Mothet City
Telling indeed
1945, Soviet trade with SA mostly arms and some mineral resources.
Itโs a Cold War.
๐ Abi ๐ ~ *sad sigh*
Living with it for decades ๐๐
very telling
๐๐๐ป Beth ๐๐ป๐ ~ yup