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Choka Poems

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Poem Title	Poet	Categories
No Rest For The Weary	M. L. Kiser	animal, appreciation, earth, moon,
A Reason	Heidi Sands	change, endurance, health, pain,
Rise Of The Beacon	Bernard F. Asuncion	birthday,
Chocolate	Seema Ali	america, arabic, basketball, beautiful,
DREAMS OF SPRING	Kim Rodrigues	spring,
A Flower With Wings	Kim Rodrigues	bird,
Night Music	M. L. Kiser	animal, appreciation, earth, environment,
A Soldier's Life	Carol Connell	christian, conflict, courage, jesus,
Penny	Heidi Sands	heaven, hope, miss you,
get me banned	Oreo Wings	8th grade, abuse, allah,
Right Role	Bernard F. Asuncion	birthday,
Feral Cats	M. L. Kiser	adventure, animal, appreciation, cat,
Facing My Fear	M. L. Kiser	courage, emotions, fear, inspiration,
Education of Dreams	M. L. Kiser	angel, animal, dog, dream,
I Will Weep No More	charles messina	tribute,
A Gardeners Soul	M. L. Kiser	appreciation, earth, environment, flower,
No Rest For The Weary	M. L. Kiser	animal, appreciation, moon, nature,
Roller Coasters	M. L. Kiser	appreciation, dream, fun, imagination,
WINDSWEPT	Kim Rodrigues	wedding,
Christmas Peace	Heidi Sands	christmas, light, moon, peace,
LIQUIDATION OF A DREAM	Kim Rodrigues	dream,
Almond Tree Spirit	Caren Krutsinger	10th grade, 11th grade,
HAIKU	Semih bilgic	animal,
STORYTIME AT THE LIBRARY	Kim Rodrigues	child,
I am not I, Who am I	airatmaninravi AiR	allusion, analogy,
HOLDER OF THE HEAVENS	Kim Rodrigues	native american,
For Unity We Are	MAHTAB BANGALEE	how i feel,
Through Death and Back	David Cardamone	christian, christmas,
Sand Castles	M. L. Kiser	appreciation, art, beach, earth,
Snacking on Seeds	M. L. Kiser	appreciation, autumn, earth, food,
PIE HARD	Kim Rodrigues	humorous,
Released	Heidi Sands	heart, music, peace,
Pride	purbasha roy	pride,
Lust	Jessica Thompson	conflict, lust, sensual, sin,
ANGER	nette onclaud	recovery from, sin,
Anger	Andrea Dietrich	anger,
Envy	Gregory R Barden	analogy, appreciation, emotions, love,
Lonely Lighthouse	M. L. Kiser	humanity, light, loneliness, metaphor,
Sloth	deb radke	sin,
Anger	Emile Pinet	12th grade, anger, angst,
lust	Janis Thompson	humanity, lust,
HOLLOW EVE	Kim Rodrigues	halloween,
Anger	Subimal Sinha-Roy	anger, forgiveness,
Pride	Dear Heart	pride,
Covetousness	Lycia Harding	hate, horse, jealousy, judgement,
Chokra Choka	Kai Michael Neumann	discrimination,
Envy	CayCay Jennings	blessing, christian, deep, happiness,
choking envy	Wendy Watson	hate, jealousy,
ANGER	Beata Agustin	anger, angst, character, faith,
ANGER	Abdul Malik	anger, sin,

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Choka Poems. Examples of Chokas and a list of poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read Choka poetry while accessing rules, topics, ideas, and a comprehensive literary definition of a Choka.

Brief Definition

A choka is a type of poem that originated centuries ago in the Japanese royal court. The lines of the poem alternate between five and seven syllables, with the final line being an extra seven-syllable line. The choka poem may be any length, and many choka poems were traditionally quite long, sometimes reaching over 100 lines long. In fact, "choka" translates to "long poem," though some choka poems are as short as only seven lines long.

Choka poetry style is a subset of waka poetry, which is Japanese court poetry from approximately the 6th to 14th centuries, though the earliest known choka poem is from the 1st century. This early poem is 149 lines long and describes a great battle. Following this tradition, most choka poems tell an epic story.

Choka poems were traditionally sung in a high-pitched voice. Due to the fact that the poem must alternate between five- and seven-syllable lines, with an extra seven-syllable line at the end, all choka poems have an odd number of lines.

Choka Poem Example

Technology and the Environment

He must save the world,
He who is one with machines.

We’ve dug a deep hole,
Too deep for men with shovels.
Erosion of soil,
Habitat degradation.
Lack of fresh water,
Just look at California.

Who can save our world?
Engineers that build the truss.
Which can hold our load,
These burdens we self-impose,
Look forward: There’s no way back.