Exceptional Choka 5/7 5/7 5/7 5/7/7 One Thousand Cranes : Samurai's Battlefield by Gypsy Blue Rose

Alone and wounded,    melancholic thoughts linger  over armor scraps, fighting to keep memories   of my son’s laughter    and my wife’s  warm touch alive  as passion’s cinders     plunge my raging heart afar when blood runs red where I stand   Author Notes "Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite. God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them." --Khalil Gibran CHOKA-It's a Japanese court poetic form of the 6th to 14th century consisting of nine-lines in a 5/7/5/7/5/7/5/7/7 syllables pattern and may be repeated. Originally, CHOKA was written in 100 sets. It was composed mainly to commemorate life events. for examples and more information from the Poets Collective CLICK HERE Thank you for taking the time to read and review my poem, Gypsy

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