Choka Poems | Choka Examples

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A choka is an intricate form of Japanese Poetry with lines that alternate between five and seven syllables, but there is more to a choka. What is choka in poetry (complete definition)?

WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT

music to kids ears Pete carried on with his flute without parental consent his larynx engaged as his footprints leave their clues there would be scars over soot townsfolk grab pitchforks multilingual torches mad with fear and grief chase down thief find kids in...Read the rest...

Shake Off the Wolf

steel clouds once more freeze bare trees comfort each other ripped trunk holds it together the sun shields its eyes its flames dying in Winter the core feels the biting chill it is in my bones deep set; can’t shake off the...Read the rest...

A Frosty Dance

there is a silence held by the evening snow settled outside the window waiting the next gust to lift this spirit in flow a frosty dance to let go Heidi Sands 1/18/24 (C)opyright ...Read the rest...

Hide and Seek

see how bored we are; we enter trance, to pass time, conjuring ego. ego leads us to a dance of fear and desire, we feel as real. somewhere in the mists, we recall our origin, as glimmers of light. finally we tire and choose to...Read the rest...

Gnarled

"Darkness may hide the trees and flowers from the eyes, but it cannot hide love from the soul." Rumi gnarled, giant twisted roots connect the family tree.... so much dysfunction removed, rescued child gnarled roots dangle hanging on.... before love showed...Read the rest...

Autumnal

Yesterday has passed, today I shall rise and dream, let mourning stars fade. Some flowers may wilt, Yet fragrance remains when skies- bleed cantaloupe hope. Ruby crowned kinglets, croon and rest on bleak brown shrubs, as rays of autumn- swiftly glide amongst, peridot promises wrapped in...Read the rest...

Gnarled

gnarled hands ignited, with the maelstrom of belief. knotty knees do bend. unseen, the heavens opened up, did look beyond the darkness of earth, to see a pin drop. ancient one, in the gnarled woods, God is drawn to you. the straw in haystack...Read the rest...

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Who's Laughing Now

She wore her skirt short, her lingerie to be seen. Such sights aplenty! Gawking, gawping eyes lusted at shear nudity. They burned with hunger. She proudly stood in ruffled edges of cheap chintz, dimmed and stained with wear. Though worn and weathered, her shoes had...Read the rest...

Waning In a Labyrinth of Mourning Roses

When onyx skies bleed rhinestones etched in regrets, follow the silence; Unsung sonatas cradling watercolor spells woven with magic— from violet blaze, beneath mulberry gloaming, where dark poets rhyme. But when summer rain falls upon metal steel hearts in cashmere cadence, Listen to the breeze swirling...Read the rest...

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Definition | What is Choka in Poetry?

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