This month Margaret Simon set our challenge. She invited us to write a shadorma, “a Spanish 6-line syllabic poem of 3/5/3/3/7/5 syllable lines respectively.” It’s a fun form to play around with, and I’m sure I’ll be revisiting it.

Illuminated Manuscript

Distant trees
inscribe the full moon
Their branches
cast shadows
as mysterious to me
as hieroglyphics

©Molly Hogan

Then I saw that there’s more snow in the forecast for next week. Sigh. So I wrote another shadorma, trying to spark some optimism.

April Patience

Flakes drift down
All is white again
Tender green
bides its time
beneath the snow, knowing soon
it will take the field.

©Molly Hogan

If you’re interested in seeing some more shadormas, check out the links below to see what the other Inklings did with the challenge:
Catherine Flynn
Mary Lee Hahn
Heidi Mordhorst
Margaret Simon
Linda Mitchell

Poetry Friday is hosted today by Matt at Radio, Rhythm, and Rhyme.