Poetically Prompted

Kimo

this poem is hard to write for me right now
the words do not want to come
but write it I have done

3 lines

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Prompt/Week # 8

Poetry Form: Kimo

The Kimo is the Israeli version of the Japanese Haiku.

Content: like haiku, usually image-specific and acts as a still life,
or snapshot, of a single moment

Form: made up of a single stanza of three lines

Syllable Count:
[Line 1] 10 syllables
[Line 2] 7 syllables
[Line 3] 6 syllables

Example:

at my desk

beside a leaning stack of old notebooks
one hand rests on empty page
one on warm coffee mug

Author: Adam Astra



*Ball* This week your poem must be written using the form posted above
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