
daunting moon pallid
destiny blamed for recall
nevermore prevails
rising sun
smiles
new beginnings
#TankaTuesday Weekly Poetry Challenge: #Poet’s choice
The form for the second poem is known as piku: A ‘piku’ is a haiku mixed with the first few digits of pi (3.14), and the aim is to get the message across in the eight syllables (3-1-4).
First line: 3 syllables
Second line: 1 syllable
Third line: 4 syllables
-Eugi
Image by Anab Khurshid from Pixabay
I’ve never heard of a piku!
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It was new to me too, Liz. One of my fellow bloggers brought it to my attention. It’s a fun form!
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I’m constantly amazed at the sheer number of new poetic forms that keep popping up!
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Me too, Liz! I like to try new poetic forms but then I seem to mostly stay with my reliables.
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I tend to stay mostly with my old reliables, but I have added some new reliables in the past few years.
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I haven’t either!! I think the last time I wrote a haiku was when I was in elementary school though so I don’t think remember much about the different formats of poems anyway 😂
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There are a lot of poetry forms and it’s hard to know them all.
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There are so many different forms, it’s hard to keep them all straight!
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Always something new to learn!
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Yes, that is why I love WordPress! 😊
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always x
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Thank you!
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Magical… ❤
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Thank you, Bette! ❤️
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Yes to new beginnings!!
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❤️
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Lovely, Eugi!
pax,
dora
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Thank you, Dora!
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You’re welcome.
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Love this Eugi..
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Thank you!
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Nice form. Succinct and sweet
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Thank you, Sadje!
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You’re welcome my friend
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I love how you explain the form, I might give this a go ☺️
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Thank you! I hope you try it and let me know if you do. ❤️
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🙂
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Amazing. Thanks for the fun form.
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Thank you!
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Most welcome.
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Franci, that is absolutely brilliant! I really like the piku. How creative you are. ❤
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Thank you so much, Colleen! It was fun to write! ❤️
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I’ve actually heard of pi ku 🙂 yours is verses are lovely 🙂
There is also a tau ku – 3 lines, 1st/ 6 syllables, 2nd/ 2 s, 3rd/ 8 s.
I don’t have any reasoning – just the counts per line.
I know there are other math themed pi type verses too.
I also like American ‘Lunes’
Jack Collom Lune is 3,5,3 words in 3 lines
Robert Lelly Lune is 5,3,5 syllables in 3 lines!!
And then there is the Tricube 3 syllables, in 3 lines in 3 verses!
Even and inside out haiku of 7,5,7 syllables.
Short forms can be fun especially when mixing them up!
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Thank you! And thank you for the information on the other forms. Mixing them up makes them fun and challenging.
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I am sure I don’t have every thing, but there might be others you’ll enjoy here at this page:
https://julesinflashyfiction.wordpress.com/poetic-forms/
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Thank you, Jules. I bookmarked your link. 😊
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Beautiful and I love that photograph.
Have a fabulous day, Eugenia. ♥
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Thank you, Sandee! ❤️
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Beautiful imagery. Love this, Eugi 🙂
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Thank you, Harmony!
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Hi Eugi, thanks for sharing this form, it’s great! And I like the name too. Yes, for a new day and new beginnings!
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My pleasure, Elizabeth!
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Piku was something new to learn today.
Quite interesting
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Thank you! It’s a fun form to try.
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Eugi, I like this poem very much and the form works very well here. Lovely photo, too! ❤ Have a great day!
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Thank you and I am glad you enjoyed it, Cheryl! Have a great weekend! 😊
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This is so beautiful😍
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Thank you, Shreya!
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Loved this form, Eugi 🙂 Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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Amazing
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Thank you!
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😍😍😍
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