Triple Boketto Poem Poem by Marieta Maglas

Boketto is a Japanese word that really doesn't translate into English very well. The idea behind Boketto is staring at the sky or into the distance without a thought… Getting lost in one's own self; removing the self from a place mentally. There is no regard to the past and no concern for the future. There is only THIS moment. The Boketto can be a very personal poem, or can be one of a random observation.The Boketto consists of two stanzas, One of five lines (30 syllables - 7,7,7,4,5) and a three line (17 syllables - two seven syllable lines and a three syllable line which becomes a refain if a string of Boketto are written) .A variation of the Boketto can make use of two (three) ancient Japanese forms, the Tanka and the Haiku (Senryu) . The moment of which you write will determine the choice. (Haiku - nature; Senryu - anything else) .