Saturday, September 27, 2014

Direct invitation to thieves

                                                                                                    Attribution: Georgia
Image:  The Ladder (here)

A Shadorma
is a 6-line poem of 3/5/3/3/7/5 syllables

Morning mist
Lone ladder leaned on
branches but
bough of the tree was stronger
Why must take such risks?


An Acrostic
is a poem where the first word of each
line creates a word read downwards

Laughable and unwise
Appeared to be a mistake
Dumped outside the wall
Direct invitation to thieves
Endangering those in the house
Risks unnecessarily taken

For Marina's hosting at d'Verse OpenLinkNight and Georgia's
Mindlovemisery  Menagerie with picture prompt  -  ladder

26 comments:

  1. It could be a risk, or easier to climb I suppose

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  2. an invitation for thieves for sure...but honestly..they must be a bit adventurous to climb that ladder..it doesn't look that stable but really beautiful

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  3. Unusual looking ladder, that's for sure. Me, I prefer climbing trees directly...

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  4. I love ladders and what they mean...thanks for refreshing us on the poetry forms

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  5. An invitation for anyone to climb in ~ That ladder though looks so unsafe ~

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  6. Not a good idea to put a ladder in such a place that thieves can make use of it!

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  7. I didn't know poems come in many forms, you did very well Hank

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  8. hmm wonder why the ladder is there? picking the fruit trees?
    not safe though cause anyone can use it...

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  9. Do they call the Shandora a Tanka also? Cool forms and poetry

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  10. i like that you take risks with poetry by using different forms. Your risks pay off. You use the forms so well. And no one left you a ladder to climb.

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  11. great how your poem support each other... kinda like a ladder

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  12. Good shadorma, a difficult form for me, who hates counting syllables! That ladder doesn't look too safe to me.

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  13. Never tried that form.. Will try that one time.. Leaving ladders is both risky and an invitation to thieves...

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  14. Most cleverly written and great to read.
    Happy Sunday to you Hank.

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  15. Nice Hank.
    I've never seen a ladder like that. Maybe it was on the inside of the property?

    I played here and did a duel prompt too. The link is WP but I also posted in B here:
    http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/2014/09/927-duel-prompts-notice-leaves.html

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  16. Always make sure you remove the ladder before you go away or to bed. Nice poem, Hank.

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  17. i like to think of climbing instead of falling..and the saddest part of all being only earthbound never gaining wings of free..yes there is a potential penalty for being free..but all the pain is worth THE FREE..:) LADDER or not..;)

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  18. I love ladders to ... and train tracks. This is an unusual ladder - like your words. Yes! "Why must we take such risks?"

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  19. Yes, an invitation sure--but maybe to adventure instead of thieves?

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  20. The acrostic is so observational, instructional. I like that.

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  21. …but it could also be an escape! :)

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  22. Nicely done! Two forms with ladder--an invitation to break form and get away with content. Clever.

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  23. I agree with you on this and excellent work!

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  24. Clever use of both forms. I have used both of these several times. Nice work!

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  25. Yes...an invitation....nicely done.

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  26. Oh dear!
    Even still -- that ladder appears a bit shaky to me! Brave thieves indeed....

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