DUSK
Dusk—
dexterity dances, daring
diffident dreams.
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©2023 Cendrine Marrouat
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This poem was written in response to the Tautogram Challenge organized by Vocal. A tautogram is a poem in which every word starts with the same letter.
"Dusk" is also a sixku.
The Sixku, which I invented in 2019, is a six-word, (usually) untitled poem based on the Haiku, my favorite form. Each piece must be inspired by and contain a photograph. 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.
For more information on the Sixku and my other poetry forms, click below:
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Cendrine Marrouat
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Dexterity dances and diffident dreams were so wonderful! Loved your Tautogram Sixku!
Excellent! I love this. And thanks for the sixku lesson. I will try one soon.
Very nicely done.
This is a great word choice! nice!
Quite lovely. The pairing of your wonderful photo and the words were really spot on. Loved the use of 'diffident'.
This is so clever! I loved this take on the challenge and the word pairing of "dexterity dances" I can't believe I've not subscribed to you yet - fixed that! Well done again!
Loving it!!!💖💖💕