Savory: A Shanzi

Sun’s savory
sunset and sunrise,

have inspired poets,
artists, painters.

But they cannot
beat you, darling
for musing my mind.

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Photo credit: Unsplash

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In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 17.

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Shanzi is an invented verse form created by Andreas Gripp of London Ontario and found on Lawrencealot’s blog. The form is a kind of expanded haiku.

The Shanzi is:

• A verse form written in 7 lines, 2 uneven couplets followed by a tercet,
• Syllabic, 4-5 / 5-4 / 4-4-5 syllables per line.
• Unrhymed.
• Constructed with:
• L1-L2 Introduce the subject
• L3-L4 “amplifies” the image or subject.
• L5-L7 provide a parallel image to inspire meditation.
• Title at the discretion of the poet.