Friday, October 10, 2014

Kept the flames alight - Shadorma

                                                                Artist:  Van Gogh  - la Courtisane
Image: Courtesy of Bastet's Photo shadorma (here)


A Shadorma:
It’s a 6-line poem of 3/5/3/3/7/5
syllables per lines respectively

Courtesan
Dedication to
their calling
A future
sacrificed, time stood still but
kept the flames alight

For Mindlovemisery's Menagerie

9 comments:

  1. Restrictive format but you managed to tell the story within those few lines,

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  2. I love the shadorma form. You made the picture live.

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  3. As long as the flames still blow you just never know

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  4. Well done on getting your message over within a strict format.

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  5. I like the way you have told the story of the geisha in such a concise format. Very skillfully done.

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  6. keeping the flame alight, there is at least the possibility of life...

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  7. And it does take dedication :)
    Great interpretation of the prompt ---

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