It’s the 23rd day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo. Today’s challenge is the short form poetry form that is the German equivalent of a Haiku. It’s called an Elevenie or Elfchen. Elf being German for 11 and Chen more or less meaning small or wee.
How this more precisely lays out is:
| Row | Words | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A thought, an object, a colour, a smell or the like |
| 2 | 2 | What does the word from the first row do? |
| 3 | 3 | Where or how is the word of row 1? |
| 4 | 4 | What do you mean? |
| 5 | 1 | Conclusion: What results from all this? What is the outcome? |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevenie
To make this all the more challenging, the request isn’t one of these little poems but a double shot at the form. Problem is that I do not really have a topic that just leaps out to me for this form. Still, I am a stickler for completing a journey once I’ve taken its first step. So… no more procrastinating…. … I know!! I’ll use the ribs I had for dinner tonight …
To make up for this I’ll write two. But wait, as it turns out below, I got over excited in a verbal way and found my way to Triple Elfchens instead:
Ribs Double Effchen I II III I Dinner Saucy Want ribs For one They'll do From Rib King Ten Minute Line Could be better They look so good I hope they're good So much for dinner Yummy Impatient Indigestion (c) April 23, 2017 Michael Romani
Oopps a little over zealous… three not two.. but I saw that in the Wikipedia entry and it made sense. Let’s just call it a 33 and settle on that?
Australia Double Elfchen by Michael Romani I II III Australia Sailing America's South Land To there Second cousin Beautiful down under Someday she says As nations go "Girls glow, men thunder" On a sloop together Might just live there Friends Paradise Someday (c) April 23, 2017 Michael Romani
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 