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Government Shutdown Shanzi

Government Shutdown Shanzi

Government Shutdown Shanzi

the chaos spreads,
government closed.
total dysfunction.

Politicians games
no end in sight !

Both sides play games.
Who will blink first
who will end shutdown?


The Shanzi is a seven line poetry form invented byAndreas Gripp of London, Ontario. The structure consists of 4-5 / 5-4 / 4-4-5 syllables per line with the first two lines introducing a subject/image, the second two lines expanding on that subject/image, and the last three lines providing a conclusion to inspire meditation, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://allpoetry.com/poem/15873549-Scribblings-by-Lotus-Tassel

https://popularpoetryforms.blogspot.com/2013/12/shanzi.html