
Tasty treat
Meant for a good boy
A reward
Saving it
For another day, he might
Decide to eat it
Made of pork
Wrapped up like a bone
Smells like meat
Should taste good
Carrying it from room to room
Saving it again
©2026 CBialczak
Nancy’s prompt: Shadorma
This week, let’s write shadorma poems.
The shadorma is a compact Spanish syllabic form built from a six-line stanza with a strict syllable pattern: 3 / 5 / 3 / 3 / 7 / 5 (26 syllables total). It is typically unrhymed, and a poem may consist of a single stanza or a series of stanzas.
For this challenge, the theme is Sensory Details.
Write a close-up study of a single inanimate object or a very specific moment. Think small and focused rather than narrative or expansive. The power of the poem should come from sensory observation—what can be seen, heard, touched, smelled, or felt.
Possible subjects might include:
- a teacup on a table
- a dusty path
- a statue
- a piece of jewelry
- the stillness around a birth
- the quiet after a death
The key is to capture one concentrated moment through vivid sensory detail.
One stanza is fine. A series of shadormas is also welcome!

I wonder how they learn to do those things. It’s endearing. Thanks for sharing
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Haha, he’s been carrying around the same two chews for over a week!
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Amazing creatures to have around. Lovely.
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Lovely poem Christine! Those pets!
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Maya had one of these today. It lasted hours!!!!
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😅 I love this Christine- you paint the picture so well I am amazed it’s lasted all the dogs we ever had chomped everything vey quickly 😃
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He’s had the same two for over a week!
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Bless!
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They are so funny with treats aren’t they? When I had 2 dogs, one would trot around with them in her mouth like showing it to the other, ‘look what I’ve got’ LOL and hide it, then try and get treat off the other one ….
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I never had a dog that did not devour it the minute I gave it to them! Brody is a very good boy!
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There are other things he gulps down. Its strange that he saves them!
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Great poem, Christine! I remember how my dog would love those little treats.
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Nice one. He must have enjoyed it very much.
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He still hasn’t eaten them!
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