Excellent Imayo - Japanese Poem 7/5 - 8 lines One Thousand Cranes : Gray Smoke in the Horizon by Gypsy Blue Rose If You Would Like To Join the Japanese Poetry Club, please check my author notes

gray smoke in the horizon –         thoughts of … ‘men can’t cry’   irritated eyes tear up –        as soldiers advance  a mother howls from anguish –        that come from her gut bloody fingers from digging –        a grave for her son    Author Notes The soldiers mentioned in the poem are Ukrainians WARNING is very hard to watch A few weeks ago, I watched a video that made me cry so hard. I don't think I will ever forget it. The picture is of Iryna Kostenko, a heartbroken Ukrainian mother from Kyiv, buried her son, Oleksei, 27, in their garden who was gunned down by Russian forces. She told BBC News: "The pain is so bad. Now I'm all alone. My son was young, 27 years old. He wanted to stay alive. I covered the grave with a blanket to protect it from the dogs. He isn't in a coffin, I had to roll him in a carpet. I lost everything." IMAYO is an 8 -lines Japanese poem that has 7 syllables on the first line and 5 syllables on the second line (7/5). There is a caesura ( pause ~ ) between the first 7 syllables line and the final 5 syllables line (7~5). With IMAYO you can use any subject. It never rhymes. click here for more information click here for more information Thank you for reading and reviewing my poem, Gypsy *If you would like to join the Japanese Club, please click here and look for the Japanese club* RESERVE A SPOT /SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY

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