Sixku 26-30

I am back with another series of sixku...

Sixku 26

A path

among ancient trees,

higher?

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

Vancouver Island is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. I saw the tallest and oldest trees in my life! They left me in awe more than once.

Sixku 27

Nightly wander:

footsteps recede;

tables remain.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

During my trip to the castles of the Loire Valley in 2016, I spent a few nights in Angers. This lovely city was the cradle of the Plantagenet dynasty and one of the intellectual centers of Europe during the reign of René of Anjou.

One evening, after walking back from a restaurant to my hotel, I heard the sound of footsteps on cobblestone. I turned around and saw the pedestrian. I immediately took the photo; I wanted to capture them as they were reaching the corner of the street…

Sixku 28

Splendor framed

perfectly

ten years ago.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

You may remember this photo from an article I published last year. I was in Syria more than a decade ago. (I can’t believe how fast time flies!)

Sixku 29

Pansy:

tenuous web

but many lines.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

When I took this photo in 2015, my goal was to reveal the thin connections between natural elements. It is a reflection on the human condition and how it takes just a little openness of mind to connect the dots.

Sixku 30

Worn-out sandal

along nameplates

last summer.

© 2019 Cendrine Marrouat

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” — Pericles

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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
• Sixku 21-25

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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.