Challenge
I'm curious to try out poetic form called doha. It is Hindi in origin and a self-contained (rhyming?) couplet, traditionally spiritual or sensual in nature. Each line is 24 syllables w/ a caesura (break) in between the first 13 syllables and the last 11 syllables. I THINK there's no limit to number of couplets. Confused enough yet? I know I am, so I'd love to see what cleverness Prosers come up with. Let's call it a #loosedoha. Pixie points for anyone who can do a sortha (inverted doha).
fun and games
because you are ash in
my greedy palm,
because you
can appease me, lull me
into thinking
red
means go. I never said
sad motels spelled
redemption,
I never said we were
white picket fence
dreams.
you will loathe me one day,
just not now. pride
is nothing
more than a shining word.
time will make you
see.
24
5
16