Here are eight days' worth of poems in The Stafford Challenge. All shadormas, like in the last post — nine of them. On Day 116, 12 May 2025, continuing with shadormas. I bought this bass because I'm having surgery in ten days and my doc said I couldn't carry more than 10 pounds during my recovery. Basses are often heavier than that, but not this one. New Bass: Six-String Longhorn The letters in the penultimate line refer to tuning, from lowest string to highest. The bass is currently tuned to E standard (EADGBE) one octave lower than a guitar. After it's converted, the lowest string will be 5 semitones lower, tuned like a 5-string bass with an extra higher string. On Day 117, 13 May 2025, our Stafford Challenge small group had a Zoom meeting this morning where we wrote for seven minutes and shared. I wrote a longish paragraph about a visual memory and then ended with a shadorma. Here it is, slightly edited. In Morning Sun Here's a picture that looks a lot like what I saw that morning in the early '90s.
On Day 118, 14 May 2025, shadorma again today. They're addicting! Looked out the window for this one. Time
On Day 119, 15 May 2025, today's shadorma is on the same topic as yesterday's — the willow tree in my partner Renee's backyard. I found out today that it grew from the side of the stump of a willow that had been felled thirty or more years ago. The phrase "long years" alludes to yesterday's poem. Phoenix Here's a picture of the willow tree's trunk. The stump it grew from was where the greenery is in the foreground. The stump is now gone, disintegrated over several decades since the old tree was cut down and the new tree (now old) has grown. On Day 120, 16 May 2025, using Robert Lee Brewer's Write Better Poetry Wednesday prompt 738 from this week: "a sleep poem." Again, a shadorma, using some strong enjambments. Dreamless
On Day 121, 17 May 2025, had writer's block today, so did the Stafford thing for today's shadorma. Bill's Advice
On Day 122, 18 May 2025, rote this shadorma in a moving car . . . very literal! Heading to a Gig
Here are photos of the flyers from Byron's for our show tonight: On Day 123, 19 May 2025, yup, it's a shadorma! The line breaks ended up being very useful! On an Online Article About the
I wrote two shadormas today. In The Stafford Challenge facebook group, people were writing hippo poems. Here's mine. I've been sticking to one poem a day in the group, but what the hey. Syllables And in addition, an internal rhyme between "shadormas" and "hippopotamus." Woo-hoo! On Day 124, 20 May 2025, a primer on the shadorma, in the shape of a shadorma. How to Write a Shadorma On Day 125, 21 May 2025, a little shadorma fun. Shaking the Shadorma Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Ingat, everyone. ヅ 
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