That flicker
in the
spaces
between quivered breaths
calls to me
on quilted nights.
Like stars
collected
in a jar of
lidless hopes,
each dark
sky births want of you.
© 2013
Jennifer Wagner
This is my attempt at a Sedoka for dVerse Form for All: The Princess’ Poem to her Secret Love. Poet and host Samuel Peralta has invited us to try this rare form of unrhymed Japanese poetry consisting of two tercets with a scheme of 5-7-7 and 5-7-7 syllables.