J - Joseph's Star
The Joseph’s Star was created by Christina R. Jussaume in 2007, in memory of her father.
7 lines
1/3/5/7/7/5/1*
Unrhymed
Any subject, and no limit to the number of stanzas, but each should be a complete statement.
Center aligned
*Edited: since posting this I found that it should be 1/3/5/7/7/5/3/1. The site where I found the information had a typo! It will form more of a star shape with the added 3 syllable line.
I wrote three Joseph's Stars.
Seed.
With much hope
I plant you, having
such weighty expectations
from such a little beadlet
of potential life.
Grow!
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Come.
Stop in soon
and stay for tea and
spice bread warm from the oven.
We will talk of the neighbors
with curtains drawn tight.
Come.
Chores.
Remember
how it was when we
ironed all the clothes each week?
Always a Tuesday it was,
after Monday’s wash.
Rote.
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Wow! What a fantastic form. I can't wait to write some Joseph's Star myself. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSuzanna from Operation Awesome
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I enjoyed the form. I liked that it didn't keep to the expected 1/3/5/7/7/5/3/1, but skipped to 1 after the second 5 syllables.
DeleteWhat a beautiful tribute to a father. But this made me think: how does one "invent" a modern poetry form? Just... starts writing it? Or is there an announcement?...
ReplyDeleteThe Multicolored Diary
I wondered the same, as well as why newer forms are "invented," when all forms were invented at one time or another! Maybe just naming a form and having a following that accepts you invented it? There is one, I am not sure if I have posted it yet, or it's coming up, where it's just syllables 1/2/3. Why that wasn't named centuries ago? But, it's a "new" form. Poets obviously used the 1/2/3 form, but there was no name for it. There we go... name a form without a name!
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