Shandorma

This is a picture of that rarest of bugs, the Shandorma.


A shandorma is a simple syllabic poetry form which consists of six lines following a syllable pattern of 3–5–3–3–5–7. The six lines can be a complete poem or they can be strung together as stanzas to form a long poem.


3 Anyway

5 This is what is called

3 Shandorma

3 It is short

5  It can be silly

7 It’s not really very long.


So, there you have it, all you need to know about a Shandorma.



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