Poetry

Below, you will find some (not all) of my attempts at poetry. As I progress as a writer I will share more.

… Any constructive feedback/critique is welcomed … please use the Contact page for this or general contact.

ENJOY 🙂

Tankas:

A traditional Tanka structure consists of five units (often treated as separate lines when Romanised or translated) usually with the following pattern of on (often treated as, roughly, the number of syllables per unit or line):

5-7-5-7-7.

The 5-7-5 is called the kami-no-ku (上の句, “upper phrase”), and the 7-7 is called the shimo-no-ku (下の句, “lower phrase”).

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Haikus

Traditional haiku are always the same, including the following features:

1. There are only three lines, totaling 17 syllables.
2. The first line is 5 syllables.
3. The second line is 7 syllables.
4. The third line is 5 syllables like the first.
5. Punctuation and capitalization are up to the poet, and need not follow rigid rules used in structuring sentences.
6. A haiku does not have to rhyme, in fact, usually it does not rhyme at all.
7. Some haiku can include the repetition of words or sounds

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Limericks

A limerick is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, anapestic meter a strict rhyme scheme of: AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme.

The following is something I created as I exited my last IT job … A gift for some of my closest colleagues …. enjoy 🙂  

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Random Poetry

And now for some random poetry I’ve created over the last few years:

As a bit of extra fun and experimentation with filming/video editing/etc, I created the following to 1) go with the subject of the poem and 2) use it as a test bed in end-to-end film developments … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1619LN5HFU&t=2s

The following poems have been published and therefore are not shown on here. Copies can be found via the links provided:

The Beast Within: Published in ‘But You Don’t Look Sick’ – https://www.amazon.co.uk/~/e/B085NKJHJ4

Parental guidance – Some strong language on these next ones:

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