tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91228118428201819672011-07-08T09:38:52.091-07:00LYRIC poetry (sometimes known as naga-uta) in alternating lines of 5/7 syllables with extra last in 7ichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122811842820181967.post-31642703902174933912008-08-22T00:47:00.000-07:002010-09-20T02:35:17.465-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9A9gX5wXrV4/SK5xndIqTkI/AAAAAAAAAEU/EXcOO8PHXcM/s1600-h/Photo-0043.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237248339328257602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9A9gX5wXrV4/SK5xndIqTkI/AAAAAAAAAEU/EXcOO8PHXcM/s320/Photo-0043.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Naga-uta</strong> is a LYRIC poetic form in alternating lines of five and seven syllables and ending with an extra seven syllable line.(see also the earlier ninth century Japanese <strong>Choka </strong>version)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The following poems (below)is my copyright but may be used for educational purposes provided acknowledgement is made to me at <a href="mailto:strandbg@aol.com">strandbg@hotmail.com</a> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div align="center">ERSTWHILE ( lyric in naga-uta form)</div><div align="center"><br />Sitting here,I dream<br />Those Summer days of my youth,<br />Life was slower then -<br />Holidays,so full of sun<br />Time, just drifted by,<br />Daylight lasting,oh so long -<br />Days stretched into weeks<br />Carefree as we ventured forth<br />Growing up,was simpler then.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">LOST IN WONDER ( lyric in naga-uta form)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Desolate,once more</div><div align="center">Thinking of what could have been;</div><div align="center">Where did I go wrong?</div><div align="center">Was there more I should have done?</div><div align="center">Three words,left unsaid!</div><div align="center">The arrogance of male pride</div><div align="center">Shackled emotions inside.</div><div align="center"></div><div></div><div><br /><strong>Other Educational Poetry Blogs of mine are</strong> </div><div><br />haiga-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />vignette-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />monoku-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />sequence-fibonacci.blogspot.com<br />ekphrasis-poiema.blogspot.com<br />quintile.blogspot.com<br />quintain.blogspot.com<br />ichthys-couplets.blogspot.com<br />epulaeryu.blogspot.com<br />tetractys-ichthys.blogspot.com<br />englyn.blogspot.com</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9122811842820181967-3164270390217493391?l=naga-uta.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ichthyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02166493604739619406noreply@blogger.com