There Is A Violet

A few months ago, a friend tagged me in a Medium post to invite me to participate in Roselyn Violet’s Violet Poetry Challenge. The theme is the color “violet” of course.

A fantastic idea, right? I decided to contribute to the challenge with a Kindku, my own poetry form.

There Is a Violet

Modest though you are,

trying to conceal from view,

Lovely is your heart,

uplifting is your perfume.

Silent though you are,

the soul relishes your shade —

I, your selflessness.

©2021 Cendrine Marrouat

Kindku inspired by Jane Taylor’s The Violet.

What Is the Kindku?

I co-created the Kindku with author and poet David Ellis in 2020, as an invitation to promote kindness, positivity and inspiration through poetry.

The Kindku is a short poem of seven lines. The syllable pattern is 7 / 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 or 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 5.

The Kindku must include seven words that are taken from one specific source — a poem, a book, a newspaper article, etc. In the case of a book or long piece of writing, those words must come from the same page.

Words must be used in the order they were found. Their placement also depends on the line:

• Line 1 starts with word 1
• Line 2 ends with word 2
• Line 3 starts with word 3
• Line 4 ends with word 4
• Line 5 starts with word 5
• Line 6 ends with word 6
• Line 7 starts or ends with word 7

Kindku poems can have titles and punctuation. No matter the topic covered, they must sport a positive tone.

Kindku poets are encouraged to credit and link to the inspirations behind their pieces.

Want to discover more forms? Check out my post below:

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.