#poem, «Words of Love» (A Euro-Ku)

Presumptuous bits of subliminal fatuousness that while climbing a ladder to the moon,

manage to escape, like worms from rotting flesh do when the rain comes to flush out all indignities,

and become the words of love that wistful whispers transfers to the burning sun and far from the cool light of the ghostly moon.

C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 27 JUN 2023, Valencia, Spain

SO WHAT THE HELL IS A «EURO-KU?»

It is a way for a Westerner to create a poem in a style created by Easterners and still make it spiritual, interesting and meaningful. It is impossible for me to write like a Japanese poet. I have not experienced his history nor have been raised in his culture, therefore his thought process is unknown to me. But the simplicity, ephemeral nature and spirituality of the Haiku impress me.

So I invented on 02/02/2022 the Euro-Ku to solve that problem. I would use the structure of the traditional Haiku, but change a few things to make it fit into my idiosyncrasy. Here are the rules:

1. Three stanzas or verses (like the original Haiku) but the verses will have no syllabic restrictions. Write them as long as you want.
2. The verses must flow into each other coherently completing or continuing the initial phrase or thought. They must not be inconclusive or flow off into outer space.
3. The Euro-Ku must be accompanied with a unique, unedited image created by the author.

In the Americas I launched the Ameri-Ku, the exact same thing but written by those whose history, culture and background are from across the pond. And by the «Americas» I mean the entire continent, North, Central and Southern portions…

Cheers…