Lantern: Hope

Storm

rocks my

paper ship–

drenched, not drowned–

ever.

Author’s note: Lantern is a type of descriptive poetry from Japan that follows the syllable structure of one, two, three, four and one syllables per line to shape a lantern when the words are centered to middle.

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2 thoughts on “Lantern: Hope”

Thank you, Don! I saw a challenge from Maggie (https://fromcavewalls.wordpress.com/2021/10/09/mlmm-saturday-mix-lucky-dip-lanturne/) about writing these really tiny pieces: 11 syllables to create the shape of a lantern! And the rhythm has to just right so that breking of lines is not odd. I loved it! Have ever tried writing a piece of poetry?

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