Reena’s prompt: East meets West
For this week’s W3 challenge, writers are invited to combine one Western poetic form with one Japanese poetic form.
I have choosen Limerick + Kyōka
Limerick is a light-hearted five-line verse with the rhyme scheme AABBA.
Kyōka is a playful Japanese verse form with the syllabic structure 5, 7, 5, 7, 7.
Limerick + Kyoka
What A Jog!
Pitiable Jog
Limerick
Once at the seaside, I went for a jog
Nothing visible due to heavy fog
I stumbled
And tumbled
and rolled all the way to fall in a bog
Kyoka
Body soaked in mud,
Hawks laugh from up above,
Pitiable jog.
Now, how will I go back home?
Hope the walkers don’t mind smell.
(Haiku)
Waves came and washed me
Cleaned and caressed, and murmured
‘Forget silly fall’
Pride Over Pettiness
Everyone saw the poor lady lurch,
She lost balance in front of the church.
They laughed, and they mocked,
In hot sweat she soaked,
Left all alone with no one to search
Dusting off her dress,
She walks past the laughing crowd,
Head held high and proud.
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