hat, handsewn
jingles with sequins
net, store-bought
reeks of gum
“Just to the clearing,” Mom says
I never transgress
one more step
I’m past the clearing
lost in thoughts
racing clouds
swooshing this way and that — gasp!
stars, dazed, in my net
lain confused,
smelling of fruit gum
in my net —
laughing stars!
mighty my wrist that flings them
before Mom finds out
late that night
my net lays weeping
I’m baffled
aglow still
I creep to the open pane
stars sprint to my bed
© 2022 selmamartin.com
The Shadorma is a Spanish syllabic poetry form consisting of six lines (or sestet).
Each stanza is written as 3–5–3–3–7–5 for a total of 26 syllables with no set rhyme
scheme. It has a nice ebb and flow to the simple lines and is highly addictive. And
fun!
Here, I offer you a string of shadorma (shadormas? shadormae?) with a whimsy story for many more starry nights. Written for Tanka Tuesday, Ekphrastic Week.
When writing a Shadorma, says Colleen M. Chesebro, prose metrist, author of Word Craft: Prose & Poetry: The Art of Crafting Syllabic Poetry, I concentrate on a specific
subject and add a title to the Shadorma.
Main photo: Screenshot by Selma
Ekphrastic Artwork for the week: Reena S. Thanks.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
I wish you miracles.
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What an engaging response to the prompt! I do enjoy a good Shadorma. 🙂
Glad to know this. Shadorma is a fun form. Thanks for the comment.
Wonderful imagery and adventure, Selma! 💕🙂
Glad you liked it Harmony. Thanks so much. Xoxo. Always.
I can see that small girl running in the field…and stars. Thanks for the imagery and flowing words. Yes, the form creates a hypnotizing ebb and flow. With gratitude…
With gratitude to you for the lovely response and for being here.
Happy birthday to you today. Sent you something. Just got word that it’ll arrive tomorrow. Hope you enjoy it. 💗 🤗 🎂 👏
Beautifully written Selma
Sadje. Thanks so very much, dearie. Blessings in your weekend. Hope there’s sun and laughter. XoXo
Always my pleasure Selma
Enjoyed this mystical shadorma! 💫
Aww. Thanks so much for saying. Blessings.
Wow, that must have been difficult. 😊
Hey Pam— not Pam, Deb 💕 thanks. Blessings.
I love how this became a story. Well done.
Replying: yes, I do too. The poem wrote itself, really.
Hey, friend. I’m having interruptions on the comments of my website. Please do respond to this reply so I get a hint that you got it. Thanks dearly. (I know I know you) blessings. It’s just not showing on my end. Thanks.
Thanks for saying. I appreciate the comment. Blessings.
I’m glad the stars came back. (K)
Hey K. Thanks for the comment.
BTW, I’m having interruptions on the comments of my website. Not with every response: yours shows perfectly, but I’d like to know why. Next time you leave a comment it might looks differently. Olease bear with me for a while. Thanks dearly. Blessing you. Xoxo thanks, K.
I think we’ve all been having problems even though the happiness engineers at WordPress tried to convince me I’m the only one. Complain to them at least–if enough people do, maybe they will fix it.
Delightfully fun-loving, Selma 😊
Aww. Thanks, dear Ingrid. Glad you saw fun here. BTW, I’m having interruptions on the comments of my website. Not with every response: yours shows perfectly, but I’d like to know why it’s happening too frequently now. Next time you leave a comment it might looks differently. Please bear with me for a while. Thanks dearly. Blessing you. Xoxo working on getting it fixed. Xo
I’m having some issues with comments too: they keep coming through as anonymous 🤔
Same same. Keep the faith that things will get resolved soon. XoXo
Selma, this is magical! Well done. 💜
Magical. Thanks.
Hey, friend. I’m having interruptions on the comments of my website.
Not with every response but it happened with yours. Yours shows as ‘someone’.
Next time you leave a comment it might look differently. Please bear with me for a while. Thanks dearly. Blessing you. Xoxo working on getting it fixed. Xo
I love the whimsy, and especially the stars sprinting to my bed. 🤩
Thanks, a million, Jude. Blessings.
A pleasure.
this was sure fun Selma. Loveit
such fun stuff Selma. Thanks for brightening my day!
💖🙏👏👏
I’m glad it that that for you. Blessings. XoXo
I so did!!!!💖 hugs xo💖😎
Beautiful Shadormas, Selma! Magical and fun!😁
Hey, Vashti. So glad to see you here with a lovely comment. I appreciate the support. Thanks a million. I wish you miracles. xoxo
Wow! This is SOOOOO beautiful, Selma!!! Thank You!!! 🤗💕😊
Makes me happy to know you enjoyed. Xoxo. Blessing you.
Yay!!!! and indeed! Blessing You right back!!! Hugs! 🤗💖🙏🏼
I love how you ended it.
Thanks for saying. I appreciate you reading and commenting. Blessings.
*applause!*
*Bowing*
Reminds me of how the sun catipults rainbows from crystals – and then the magic when you set the crystals in motion 🙂