Shadorma

The Shadorma is a Spanish poetic form made up of a stanza of six lines

(sestet)  with no set rhyme scheme.

 It is a syllabic poem with a meter of 3/5/3/3/7/5.

It can have many stanzas, as long as each follows the meter. 

Little is known about this poetic style's origins and history 

but it is used by many modern poets today. 

This variation of the haiku, which is evident by its syllable pattern, 

can be seen in use in many writing venues

Example Poem

Fickle Sea

Quiet seas 

swathed in moon's full light

are a tease 

with no breeze 

Urging motion to delight 

Man, with no unease.

Strong winds blow 

Force into the sea 

then you know 

that the show 

of tranquility must be

power in escrow. 

Angry storms 

singly, or  much worse 

even, swarms 

now reforms 

fraudulent calm to the curse 

of wrath outside norms.

Water's hell

Can destroy all works 

and dispel 

peace, foretell 

doom for any when gone berserk.

Waves prayer cannot quell.

© Lawrencealot - April 6, 2012