This is my second week attempting the ‘Shadorma Photo Prompt‘. This type of poetry is still a stickler for someone who can’t stop rhyming, but if at first you don’t succeed, try try again. And I’m nothing if not trying………….
For those that don’t know a Shadorma is composed of six non-rhyming lines (sestina or sextet) and the syllable pattern is 3-5-3-3-7-5. It can have as many stanzas as you like, just as long as each stanza follows the syllable pattern mentioned above .
The first step,
Is the hardest one,
Not knowing,
What comes next,
Just follow the path that rises,
See where you can be.
*
The middle,
Is where the chains fall,
That was then,
This is now,
Never look back in regret,
Let the shackles go.
*
The final,
Is the longest one,
Extending,
Far and wide,
Reaching the top will free you,
Take that step and fly.
helen midgley 
Very well done 🙂
Thank you, I’m trying not to be a one trick pony 😉 Hope things well with you 🙂
“The middle is where the chains fall.”
Yeah.
Thank you so much.
Nia
This is a lovely metaphor of life and spiritual growth…thanks for your second entry…I admire that you keep working on it though you prefer rhyming…you do a great job with the shadorma…brava!
Thank you, I enjoy the challenge of trying new things 🙂
I do too…and I like the way you write! 🙂
it works, whatever it is called
-from the iconoclastic poet 🙂
lol, thanks 😉
well done i find japanese poetry so hard to do x
Thank you, although I must admit it doesn’t float my boat. It’s deffo not my style of choice but good to stretch yourself every once in a while 😉
Yes exsctly I like reading it but it’s too structured for me x
Beautifully done! 🙂
This is so beautiful and so apt to the prompt 🙂
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