Sunday, January 10, 2021

CotS: Shuni Format for Poetry

 Just as it says, this is basically just testing out a metrical format of 3 5 7 7 7 7. 


Here is one drafted by Gamir following Varsa into the northern reaches of Hima:

3 Frigid gale

5 Brings breath to many

7 Weary children at command,

7 Who chase your heavy footfalls

7 And the timbre of your voice,

7 Follow into yonder land



Here is a popular poem by a Leian traveler venturing into Naiba for the first time:


3 Ancient Shun

5 I love your daughter

7 My oasis in these sands

7 Skin as golden as the dune

7 A voice like flowing water

7 Heart as green as verdant lands




And here is a popular poem to introduce children to the metrical structure:


3 Creeping cat

5 Your wiles have failed you

7 Hounds have heard your feathered feet 

7 Gone now is the squeaking rat

7 And four tall walls surround you

7 Cornered in your own defeat



Here is an old poem sung by the tribes of ancient Shuni people shortly after their exodus from the Kingdom of Ka:


3 God on high

5 Have You heard our call?

7 Your loyal people crying

7 We waste away like dry fronds.

7 Do you hear, Almighty One?

7 Your little children dying.