Feathered Sedoka

juvenile magpie
still unpractised in flying
squats under the willow tree

little kingfisher
flashes turquoise upriver
an accomplished acrobat

Kim M. Russell, 4th August 2019

 

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My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #96 Little Ones: Sedoka

In the first weekend meditation of August 2019, our challenge is to create a different kind of Japanese poetry, a sedoka, an unrhymed poem which consists of two katauta, three lines with the syllable pattern 5-7-7. This means that a sedoka has the syllable count 5-7-7-5-7-7.

Each katauta should read independently, but also create a cohesive singular work in the sedoka. Often a sedoka will address the same subject from different perspectives.

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