NaPoWriMo’s latest prompt: ‘Love.’ I’ve had a go at a Shadorma: a Spanish 6 line syllabic poem, with lines of 3/5/3/3/7/5 per stanza.
Love shows up In many guises: Love of self, Of others; Keeps the songwriters busy, The card makers rich. It wrecks lives, Turns around others; Gives purpose, Spins the globe In a giddy whirl of froth, Bad poems and lace. Yet the true, The Faith, Hope and Love, A rare bird; Roams the world Incognito, unnoticed, Except when it’s gone