#poem, “Geperudeta*” (Euro-Ku)

(Photo property of FBC/Omnia Caelum Studios València/All Rights Reserved)

Feet resting on the silver platter we call moon in the night sky, and head crowned with a million stars as bright as

two sad, lonely eyes that see the world through darkened glass, for this is one whose steps now lead him carefully across the sand

to touch the sea, your home, your form, and you incline your head and smile and in that instant one is born to count and bless the grains of sand that stop the sea.

C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera (FBC), 21 MAR 2023, València, España

Nota Bene

The Euro-Ku is a style I have been developing since 02 FEB 2022 and I’ve invented it to honour the traditional Haiku by making it fit precisely into our Western way of thinking. The rules are simple. It is a poem, as that is what a Haiku is, in three verses. However, there is no syllabic count, but they must be coherent and punctuated. Finally the Euro-Ku, and its cousin, the American-Ku, must contain…be accompanied by…an original, unedited photograph or image. That is all.

*Geperudeta is a word in the Valencian language that refers to someone with a bent neck. Lovingly the faithful of València have given their patroness, Our Lady of the Homeless, (Mare de Deu dels desamparats) that nickname because of the head posture of her statue.

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  1. Avatar de AmericaOnCoffee Americaoncoffee dice:
    03/22/2023 a las 01:11

    Beautiful!

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      03/22/2023 a las 08:40

      Thank you so much!

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  2. Avatar de vermavkv vermavkv dice:
    03/22/2023 a las 03:53

    Very nice.

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      03/22/2023 a las 08:40

      Thank you Sir.

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      1. Avatar de equipsblog equipsblog dice:
        03/22/2023 a las 14:30

        Love the poem and the backstory.

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      2. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
        03/22/2023 a las 18:28

        Thank you so much Pat!

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  3. Avatar de worldphoto12 worldphoto12 dice:
    03/22/2023 a las 21:08

    ti auguro una magnifica serata

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      03/22/2023 a las 21:55

      Grazie Giovanni! Anche tu

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      1. Avatar de worldphoto12 worldphoto12 dice:
        03/22/2023 a las 21:58

        SEMPRE GENTILISSIMO 🙂

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      2. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
        03/22/2023 a las 23:46

        Grazie e bona notte.

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      3. Avatar de worldphoto12 worldphoto12 dice:
        03/23/2023 a las 10:05

        ………… 🙂 ………..

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      4. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
        03/23/2023 a las 10:46

        Buongiorno!

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      5. Avatar de worldphoto12 worldphoto12 dice:
        03/23/2023 a las 10:50

        BUONGIORNO VALENCIA

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      6. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
        03/23/2023 a las 10:52

        Goditi questa bella giornata!

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      7. Avatar de worldphoto12 worldphoto12 dice:
        03/23/2023 a las 10:53

        GRAZIE DEL PENSIERO, CONTRACCAMBIATO.

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  4. Avatar de Dawn Pisturino Dawn Pisturino dice:
    03/27/2023 a las 16:06

    This is an absolutely beautiful poem, Francisco!

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      03/27/2023 a las 17:07

      Thank you very much Dawn!

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