History Sedoka Poems

Will of Tudela
Whose zeal burned for the white wolves 
Against Languedoc's black lambs 

Nameless soul of gold
Guided by heaven's muses
Pitied the southern pastures 


Poem inspired...

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Back in the fifties
America seemed much calmer
McCarthy's commie blacklists
Sputnik's shocking launch
Ike's wife Mamie so sedate
That pre-historic hairdo

World War Two over
We needed some time to heal
Alan...

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River takes to sea
Everyhing from bank's treasure
Sea becomes a museum.

Life weaves tapestry
Time carries to the future
On torn page of history.

May 3, 2019...

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River transports far
Everything the banks offer
Sea becomes a museum.

Life writes strange stories
Time carries to the future
On torn page of history.

May 2, 2019...

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a motionless pond

reflects a fragile sky 

clouds want to swallow the sun

blossoms are small tears

skimming over old wounds

where doves fly against the wind


~
we share the...

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Gleaming Capitol.
Alabaster stones shining bright.
Peoples history and hope.

Dark place of power.
Filled up with greed, lust and lies,
Destroyers of liberty.



Christopher Bunton

Sedoka contest....

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Atlantis is gone.
Great land in the Atlantic.
Now you are a memory.
Civilization,
you were the epitome.
You now lie under the sea.

O great mother land.
Colonizer of the world.
What...

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From the beginning
Men have cried for liberty
Songs of justice and freedom
To live unfettered
Able to walk their own path
Ancient songs still sung today

Melodies differ
But messages are...

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Storm clouds gathering
Gusting wind on the prairie
Mother Earth awaits the touch
Unbearable heat
Rejuvenating down pour
Blending earth, wind, fire and rain!



Comments:  The Sedoka is an unrhymed...

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