Sixku 21-25

I am back with another series of sixku...

Sixku 21

Star-shaped flowers

clustered, alive—

winter disappears.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

This is one of my favorite photos in recent years. I vividly remember taking it in December 2016, during an early morning walk. The light was not particularly beautiful, but the shape of the flowers intrigued me. I love the bokeh!

Sixku 22

Gloomy

(their resting place)

with rust.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

Abandoned cars fascinate me. I always wonder who their owners were, why they were left there, and the kind of lives they must have had…

Sixku 23

Flaking paint

reveals what

once was.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

“Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.” — Anselm Kiefer

Sixku 24

Framed collapse

looming large;

same here.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

“We have an inner window through which we can see the world, and though it gets cloudy in life, it’s our job to wipe it clean and see things as they really are.” — Sebastian Koch

Sixku 25

Early morning,

fog seems playful

again.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

This is a view of Amboise, France. I was there to visit its famous castle at the end of 2016. My favorite photo among the ones I took during that trip!

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About the Sixku

The Sixku (pronounce ‘sis-ku’) is a poetry form that I invented in 2019.

Sixku are six-word, untitled poems based on the Haiku, my favorite form. Each piece must be inspired by and contain an image. A reference to nature is encouraged. For example: season, weather, month, time of the day, etc.

Three mandatory lines:

• Line 1 = idea 1 (one or two word(s))
• Line 2 = idea 2 (two or three words)
• Line 3 = twist, surprise (remaining words)

A seventh word is acceptable, only if it is an article or preposition (e.g. ‘a’, ‘the’, ‘up’, ‘down’…). Do not abuse this exception, though.

Complete sentences and punctuation are optional and the use of the past tense is allowed.

More Sixku:

• Sixku 1
• Sixku 2-4
• Sixku 5-9
• Sixku 10-15
• Sixku 16-20

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That's it for today! Thank you for reading!

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Cendrine Marrouat is a writer, photographer, podcaster, blogger, anthology editor, and the co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms and A Warm Cup of Cozy. She has authored and co-authored more than 40 books, including The Train: A Short Story (2023), In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories & Flashku (2022), After the Fires of Day: Haiku Inspired by Kahlil Gibran & Alphonse de Lamartine (2021), Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku (2020), Walks: A Collection of Haiku (2019-2020), and In the Silence of Words: A Three-Act Play (2018).

Cendrine's work has appeared in many publications. She is the creator of the Sixku, Flashku, Sepigram, and Reminigram; as well as the co-creator of the Kindku, Pareiku, Vardhaku, and Hemingku.