FanStory.com - The Old Priest and the Flyby Gypsy Blue Rose
Exceptional
This work has reached the exceptional level
Gogyohka Poem
2024 Japanese Poetry
: The Old Priest and the Fly by Gypsy Blue Rose
a little sarcastic humor

the old priest tried to nap

but a fly taunted him with a buzz

so he zapped it

    with his rolled-up sermon draft—

the fly didn’t see the light

 

 

 
 

Author Notes
Gogyohka is a five-line Japanese poetic form with no strict rules on syllable count but as brief as possible. You may use any theme. Lines are grammatically connected. Alliteration, personification, and metaphor are okay. It usually doesn't rhyme, but natural not forced rhymes are okay. Japanese poets have written gogyohka since the 1910s. However, they did not name the form until 1983 by poet Enta Kusakabe.
source = writers digest
source=wikipedia

Thank you for reading and reviewing my poem.

Gypsy

Pictures from Google public domain and my Pinterest account. Poem and presentation by Gypsy Blue Rose COPYWRITE@2024

     

© Copyright 2024. Gypsy Blue Rose All rights reserved.
Gypsy Blue Rose has granted FanStory.com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work.




Be sure to go online at FanStory.com to comment on this.
© 2000-2024. FanStory.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. Privacy Statement