Explore the Craft of Writing Poetry Spanish Verse The Wayra (Quechua - wind ) is a popular verse form of Peru and Bolivia. It appears it originated in an indigenous Quechua language but has found its way into Spanish literature. It is a short syllabic verse form found at Vole Central and some other sites around the internet.
The elements of the Wayra are:
a pentastich, a poem in 5 lines.
syllabic, 5-7-7-6-8
unrhymed.
No Surrender by Judi Van Gorder
The dark dugout cuts
through still waters of the dense
Everglades. Undefeated
the sovereign Se