Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Poetic Form 18: Mondo

Tomorrow

Will there be peace on
plains of a land divided
by blind hate for each other?

Only if the wind
is allowed to speak the truth
as it caresses their hands.

Poetic Form #18: Mondo 
The mondo form is a question and answer poem from Japan. 
It typically has a 5 - 7 - 7 syllable scheme; it can have a 5 - 7 - 5 form, too. 
Traditional mondo poems used nature as a central component.


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