The Skeptic's KaddishW3 Prompt #213: Wea’ve Written Weekly
Intro
Dear friends,
Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.
You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:
Part I
The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.
Part II
The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.
Part III
After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.
Simple enough, right?
Kindly note: All entries for the W3 poetry prompt must be the original work of the submitting author. AI-generated poetry is not permitted.Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!
I. The prompt poem:
‘Door shut’ by Reena Saxena
Bang!Shut!
the past shrieks
with pain
of being cut out
-I breathe free
II. Reena’s prompt: East meets West
For this week’s W3 challenge, writers are invited to combine one Western poetic form with one Japanese poetic form. You may choose any one of the following combinations.
1. Cinquain + Haiku
Cinquain follows the syllabic structure of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.
Haiku may follow any of the following syllabic structures:
- 3, 5, 3
- 5, 7, 5
- Short, long, short
Both parts should either reflect the same theme, or the second part may overturn the first with a shift in mood. However, they should remain connected in some way and not read like two separate poems.
2. Shadorma Haibun
Haibun is tightly written prose, preferably nonfiction, written in first person. Replace the haiku in this format with a shadorma, and feel free to vary its placement.
You may place the shadorma at the beginning, middle, or end.
Shadorma follows the syllabic structure of 3, 5, 3, 3, 7, 5.
3. Limerick + Kyoka
Limerick is a light-hearted five-line verse with the rhyme scheme AABBA.
Kyōka is a playful Japanese verse form with the syllabic structure 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. You may use the following progression as a guide:
- Line 1: exaggerated detail
- Line 2: satirical twist
- Line 3: playful commentary
- Line 4: mocking reflection
- Line 5: comic conclusion
4. Poet’s choice
If you think you can do better by combining other Western and Japanese forms, feel free to experiment. Just let us know the names and syllabic structures of the forms you chose.
III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below
In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.
Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, June 1, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)
Last week’s W3 poem
This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Reena, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Ange wrote:
‘brick-breath’ by AJ Wilson
raised from clay and sweati lean beneath green tangled vines
my mouth -
shaped almost like a question
keeps darkness folded carefully inside
once
barefoot children tumbled through me
laughing mud and apple-juice
their shadows jingled brighter than rain
lovers pressed initials
into my ribs of fired earth
while birds stitched afternoon above me
now
silence roots itself at my feet
seasons drop feathers and brittle leaves
while i
watch sunlight fracture
through wild branches
still
i stand - openly closed
foxes sleeping within my shadow
each dusk
sunlight breaks in thin pieces
and silence enters wearing the smell
of vanished gardens #Cinquain #Community #CreativeWriting #Form #Haiku #Limerick #Poem #Poetry #Prompt #Shadorma #W3
A geofictician (Jared) 🌐
Kent Pitman
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Joel Pedersen
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