Poetry - Verses and Hues

06 Jan

Haiku: Fresh

Sun brings hope each day pain ephemeral as night time to start afresh Linked to Haiku Horizons for its prompt “fresh” for Week# 201.

#3lines, #ephemeral, #fresh, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #hope, #inspiration, #life, #micropoetry, #motivation, #nature, #night, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #sun, #time, #transient

05 Jan

metamorphosis questions our tenacity fuels drive to win Linked to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge#65 where the challenge is to use synonyms of “ambition” and “change.” I have used “”drive” and “metamorphosis.”

#3lines, #5lines, #ambition, #challenge, #change, #Colleen’s Weekly, #determination, #drive, #haiku, #inspiration, #japanesepoetry, #metamorphosis, #micropoetry, #motivation, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #senryu, #tanka, #tenacity, blog

04 Jan

Tanka: Armor of Tales

Sultan’s tyranny defied by a labyrinth mesmerizing tale alluring monarch each night bravo! wise Scheherazade Submitted in response to Carpe Diem #1338 where theme is “The Arabian Nights.”

#5lines, #Arabian Nights, #Carpediem, #japanesepoetry, #micropoetry, #monarch, #night, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #stories, #tale, #tanka, #theme

03 Jan

Quadrille: Let’s Take a Leap

New resolves nurtured on novel hopes With a focus on future defying all dopes Another chance to chase annihilated dreams To sparkle with stars An opportunity to gleam A leap of faith is all it takes A leap...

#belief, #chance, #confidence, #dreams, #dVerse, #faith, #freeverse, #future, #hope, #inspiration, #leap, #life, #motivation, #opportunity, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #quadrille, #trust, blog

02 Jan

My New Year Wish!

A very Happy, Blessed and Blissful New Year to all my fellow bloggers! 2017 was a year of self-discovery for me. I questioned the purpose of my existence and the meaning of life. Not that I got all the...

#belief, #blessings, #celebration, #challenges, #inspiration, #introspection, #knowledge, #motivation, #new year, #newyear, #objectives, #poem, #prayer, #self awareness, #self discovery, #wish

30 Dec

Haiku: Peace

catastrophic storm lives traumatized forever heart still hopes for peace The post follows the prompt “peace” given by Haiku Horizons for Week 200!

#3lines, #catastrophe, #damage, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heart, #hope, #inspiration, #life, #life’s lessons, #micropoetry, #peace, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #storm, #thoughts, #trauma, #words

29 Dec

Tanka: Dreamer’s World

mounting unicorn soaring higher than my dreams spilling magic beans for utopia on earth welcome to a dreamer’s world! The post follows the prompt words “dream” and “magic” given by Elsie for her Weekly Tanka Challenge #77....

#5lines, #dreams, #earth, #feelings, #flying, #haiku, #imagination, #life, #magic, #micropoetry, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #soaring, #tanka, #thoughts, #unicorn, #utopia, #words, #world, blog

21 Dec

Tanka: Christmas

hearts gleaming with joy mind rejoicing vacations cakes, gifts and goodies Aha, Christmas time is here I hope Santa heard my prayers! Linked to Weekly Tanka Challenge #76 hosted by Elsie of Ramblingsofawriter where keeping in view...

#5lines, #celebration, #christmas, #gifts, #hearts, #joy, #micropoetry, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #prayers, #Santa, #tanka, #vacations

19 Dec

Senryu: Silence

heart wails treachery though words belie emotions silence speaks the truth Linked to Haiku Horizons for prompt “silence” for week#199.

#3lines, #betrayal, #broken, #emotions, #feelings, #freeverse, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heart, #love, #micropoetry, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #senryu, #silence, #struggle, #tanka, #treachery, #treason, #truth, #words

16 Dec

Haiku: Winter

early winter breeze aroma of snow and chill heart chimes to cold rhythms The post follow the prompts given by Colleen for her Weekly Tanka Challenge# 62. She has challenged us to use synonyms of “bells” and...

#3lines, #5lines, #bells, #christmas, #cold, #Colleen’s Weekly, #haiku, #japanesepoetry, #micropoetry, #music, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #rhythm, #season, #snow, #tanka, #winter

Archive for Category: Poetry