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Title: Hostages to Fortune
Fandom: Original
Length: 27 words
Content notes: no warnings apply; contains angst
Summary: too short to need one



to love, in that world,
was to be held prisoner
under my mother's regime

in my sister's house
the same prison shadows fall
on the next generation



Technical note: The website Shadow Poetry defines sedoka as "an unrhymed poem made up of two three-line katauta with the following syllable counts: 5/7/7, 5/7/7. A Sedoka, pair of katauta as a single poem, may address the same subject from differing perspectives.
A katauta is an unrhymed three-line poem the following syllable counts: 5/7/7."


Comments

smallhobbit: (Reichenbach)
[personal profile] smallhobbit wrote:
Dec. 23rd, 2015 06:38 pm (UTC)
I really like this - so much expressed in so few words. I'm a great fan of the sedoka.
clarasteam: picture of louise brooks (Default)
[personal profile] clarasteam wrote:
Dec. 24th, 2015 01:13 am (UTC)
thank you very much - I like the sedoka too, and I'm glad this worked for you.
ardyforshort: A person in a chunky jumper holding a cup of coffee. (Default)
[personal profile] ardyforshort wrote:
Dec. 23rd, 2015 09:21 pm (UTC)
Yeah, one that's needed at this time of year. Thank you.
clarasteam: picture of louise brooks (Default)
[personal profile] clarasteam wrote:
Dec. 24th, 2015 01:15 am (UTC)
thank you - I'm glad it arrived at the right time!

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