Challenge
Reflection Choka
Time for a truly epic challenge. Write a Choka, a form of Japenese long poem. This is a group of lines of 5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7 syllables. It doesn't have to rhyme. I'm giving it a theme of reflection. Enjoy the process.
the week before christmas, elementary school
christmas lights reflect
an autumn brown, gone too soon
ceiling lights defect
on a winter afternoon
sheets of ice glazing
against the classroom windows
with small arms raising
paper snowflakes, on tiptoes:
childhood-snowstorm crescendoes