Under a full moon Buddha rests,
peaceful statue stone bears moss,
roseheart blossom lanterns glow,
sacred necklace adorns bare chest,
moon-time surges pangs of loss,
bleeding hearts purify to white,
moonlit wisdom of endless flow,
center in flower mala night.
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For Jane Dougherty Poetry Challenge #27: San San, I photographed a framed greeting card showing a Buddha statue. It is a picture that offers me a feeling of calm peace — a feeling I needed more than usual this week due to a loss in my extended family.
My poem is a ‘San San’: many thanks to Jane Dougherty for featuring the form for this week’s challenge. ‘San San’ means ‘three three’ in Chinese, referring to the form’s repetition of 3 images, 3 times. The other form requirements are 8 lines with rhyme scheme: a-b-c-a-b-d-c-d. My three images are full moon, Buddha statue, and bleeding heart flowers.
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Very calm and peaceful poem, Janice. Thanks 🙂
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Glad you felt the calm… It was what I desperately needed 🙂
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I’m pleased you know where to find it 🙂
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A beautiful poem, Janice that resonates with tranquility. The ‘San San’ form is so unusual and you’ve incorporated it so well here.
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Thank you Annika. My poem would be a beginner’s sample of SanSan– for a more fluid sample, you could check out Jane Dougherty’s on her challenge post and she links to another writer with a different style. (her link is on my post)
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So sorry about your loss. This poem evokes a sense of tranquility.
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Thanks Merril
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Great poem Janice , the imagery his very North Asia.
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Thank you Denis–I enjoyed studying the picture more closely than I ever had before. Photographing it highlighted details that were less visible.
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Sorry Janice I meant IS North Asia, China or Korea or Japan
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