Poetry - Verses and Hues

24 Jul

Haiku: A Perfect Spot

seeking some answers he wandered around the world ’til a perfect spot This post follows the prompt “Spot” given by Haiku Horizons for week 178.

#climbing, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #introspection, #micropoetry, #mountain, #mountaineering, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #self discovery, #spot

19 Jul

Haiku: Dawn

dark secrets revealed as moon bade adieu to dawn awaiting to bloom This post follows the prompt “dark” given by Haiku Horizons for week#177.

#bloom, #dark, #dawn, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #inspire, #life, #micropoetry, #moon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #sun

18 Jul

Grace is hosting Quadrille Monday this time at dVerse, And it is the 6th anniversary of dVerse! Congratulations to all the hosts. Their efforts are truly appreciated. We’re on Week #36 and the prompt word is “flicker.” Paul suggested to deepen the challenge...

#dance, #dawn, #dVerse, #flicker, #ghost, #heart, #hope, #humour, #inspiration, #journey, #leaves, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #quadrille, #rain, #shadow, #silence, #spring, #summer, #whisper

17 Jul

Poem: Believe

Some thoughts crossed my mind, so I’ve put them in my native language Hindi. I’ve also translated the same in English. जब किस्मत साथ न दे और हिम्मत भी हाथ छोड़ दे तब भी यकीन रख ऐ बन्दे...

#belief, #believe, #Courage, #destiny, #dream, #faith, #God, #hindi poetry, #hindipoem, #inspiration, #motivation, #poetrychallenge, #sun

15 Jul

Tanka: Nature’s Art

whispering of wind pitter-patter of raindrops rustling of the leaves rhythm of the swaying trees melody of nature’s art This post follows the prompt words “Music” and “Art”, given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge#41. I...

#5lines, #art, #haiku, #melody, #micropoetry, #music, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #rain, #sound, #tanka, #trees, #wind

08 Jul

Haiku: The Ancient Wall

the ancient wall hid his horrid secrets to guard kingdom’s vanity This post follows the prompt “wall” given by Haiku Horizons for week#175.

#ancient, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #kingdom, #micropoetry, #poetrychallenge, #pride, #rulers, #secret, #vanity, #wall

07 Jul

Haiku: Wall

you can reach zenith only if you dare to wreck the wall of your fear This post follows the prompt “wall” given by Haiku Horizons for week#175.

#confidence, #Courage, #dare, #fear, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #inspiration, #micropoetry, #motivation, #poetrychallenge, #self discovery, #success, #wall, #zenith

06 Jul

Haiku Triplet: Rain

This post follows the prompt and rules set by my dear friend Sangbad of Thoughts of Words for the Fortnight Friday Fables, a writing challenge co-hosted by him with another friend Sheetal Bhardwaj of The Glitters of Life. The...

#blessing, #downpour, #drizzle, #haiku, #life, #micropoetry, #monsoon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #rain

04 Jul

I Love You

Let silence bespeak my mind today Let my closed moist eyes gaze your soul today Let my breath swell your heartbeat today Let my touch enthuse your senses today For words are not enough today For I realized that...

#affection, #eyes, #heart, #life, #life’s lessons, #love, #lust, #poetrychallenge, #power, #silence, #touch, #truth, #words

30 Jun

Poem: Loving Memories

there’s something in the wind today that’s creating ripples in my present-day that’s fetching all old memories memories of you and me memories of you stealing glimpses of me memories of the door from where you peeked memories of...

#affair, #affection, #beauty, #eyes, #flowers, #gaze, #lost, #love, #memories, #missing, #music, #poetrychallenge, #words

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