The poetry stretch for this week from The Miss Rumphius Effect was to write a “shadorma”. This poetry form is six lines, unrhymed with a 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllable count for the lines. The prompt at One Single Impression is wings.
Today on my way to work (at o’dark thirty) I noticed a girl who appeared to be homeless and carrying a bundled up baby. My inspiration for the following:
backpack girl
stands on street corner
carries tiny
wrapped bundle
silent wings flap across a
“sailors take warning” sky
Visit both The Miss Rumphius Effect and One Single Impression for more shadormas or poems of a wingly fashion.
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Jone Rush MacCulloch 
Wow. That’s beautiful. I’m always impressed with people who can write such vivid, moving poetry.
a stark image. i hope they find shelter.
I have such a strong image of the person standing on the corner. What to do with the warning?
Well done! I am a former college poetry major but have never encountered the shadorma form before!
Vivid and vibrant. The shadorma is a lovely form to illustrate this stark image. Wonderful!
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lovely!!
very touching..
Great poem! Wow. I am wondering if this vulnerable young person can read those signs.
Good evening Jone,
I got such a sharp and aching mental image from these few lines.
I actually contributed something here this week and I posted hoping I would find you here and now here you are. It was worth the checking back .