PAD 2022 Day 19: What's There

 This poem is presented in its rough draft form for the PAD 2022 challenge and will be revised. 

PAD Prompt: What’s There

Poetic Form: Gogyohka

“Trap”

The trap door opens

Then closes

Leaving us together

Nothing else to hold

So we call it love

Poetic Form 12: Gogyohka

 

Today

Watch the sun rise

fill the smiles 

of children playing

on blue swings and yellow slides

as the sun sets

Poetic Form #12: Gogyohka

The gogyohka form was developed by Enta Kusakabe in Japan.  It translates to "five-line poem."
The only rule is that the poem is comprised of five line. The lines tend to be short, following the tradition of Japanese short verses.