Poetic Form 26: Dodoitsu

The pen and the book open

on their desks. A noun, a verb,

a simple sentence now clear.

but nothing to write.

Poetic Form #26: Dodoitsu

The dodoitsu is a Japanese poetic form. The poem has 4-lines with seven 
syllables in the first three lines and five syllables in the final line. A dodoitsu
poem often focuses on love or work with a comical twist.

Poetry Challenge Day 2: Space

 

Somewhere between now and then

Somewhere between now and then

Between you and me

A vastness exists

    Like the space between words

    The hollow knowledge in the middle of the letter O

    Emotion shown between the parts of an exclamation point

We are defined by the use of this space

Watch as the distance changes from

    Stranger to

    Friend to

    Lover

Each defined by the physical 

    As it decreases

    emotion increases

Like a letter

    that combines with another

    to create a word when combined with another 

        forms a sentence

            that enlightens our meaning of this space

Because we only understand it by what we construct to take its place