Poetry - Verses and Hues

05 Jun

Didactic Cinquain: Love

In didactic cinquain, the first line is a one-word title, the subject of the poem; the second line is a pair of adjectives describing that title; the third line is a three-word phrase that gives more information about the...

#5lines, #affection, #bond, #cinquain, #didactic, #divine, #emotion, #feeling, #life, #love, #lust, #micropoetry, #passion

02 Jun

Tanka: Placid Ocean

summer afternoon waves quietly touching shore teasing leisurely savouring tranquility weary of belligerence

#5lines, #belligerence, #micropoetry, #nature, #ocean, #peace, #placid, #quiet, #sea, #shore, #silence, #summer, #tanka, #tranquility

01 Jun

Poem: I wish…

I wish I could state how much I miss you I wish I could tell I never judged you I wish I could relive the moments I shared with you I wish I had spent more time...

#betrayal, #care, #desire, #fear, #heart, #hurt, #life, #love, #lust, #nostalgia, #pain, #rebellion, #struggle, #wish

26 May

Poem: Mask

Her smile held the key to one’s heart her eyes led a secret path her beauty enigmatic her speech seductive she could deceive anyone with her perfect mask

#beauty, #deceit, #deceive, #eyes, #love, #lust, #mask, #poetrychallenge, #smile, #woman

22 May

A Poem on Persistence

There is a Hindi poem that is close to my heart since my childhood. Recently, it got reiterated when I was making my son recite the same as part of his school assignment. I realized that the poem is...

#bachchan, #Courage, #english translation of harivansh rai bachchan poetry, #english translation of koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahin hoti, #harivansh rai, #harivansh rai bachchan, #hindi poetry, #hindipoem, #inspiration, #koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahin hoti, #motivation, #perseverance, #persistence, #success

19 May

Haibun: My dream to fly

My hands are trembling. My body quivers. But my eyes are focused at the birds soaring in the sky. I feel butterflies in my stomach as someone tightens the belts that have captivated my body. Dozens of thick ropes...

#5lines, #allure, #clouds, #Colleen’s Weekly, #dream, #experience, #float, #fly, #haibun, #horizon, #life, #micropoetry, #nature, #paragliding, #parasailing, #poetrychallenge, #power, #soar, #tanka, #wind

15 May

Tanka: Supremacy

sharp rays of the sun illuminate each planet hallucinating planets for billions of years what a clear supremacy The tanka incorporates prompt words “clear” (synonym of “clean”) and “sharp” of Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge # 33

#clear, #Colleen’s Weekly, #galaxy, #micropoetry, #nature, #planet, #Poetry Challenge 33, #poetrychallenge, #science, #sharp, #sun, #supremacy, #tanka

14 May

An Ode to Motherhood

I had written this post on last Mother’s Day. It’s time to post it again 🙂 A Very Happy Mother’s Day to all the beautiful, supercharged, vibrant, lively,wonderful Mothers of this blogging community!

13 May

Let Me Unwind

A mug of coffee a bar of chocolate appeasing music a snug recliner is all I want today for I want to unwind today A book to read nature to duck no goals to attain no rules to cling...

#coffee, #drink, #enliven, #feelings, #life, #music, #myself, #nature, #rejuvenate, #relax, #savor, #today, #unwind

11 May

Haiku: Heat

The haiku for today follows the prompt given for week 167 of Haiku Horizons! The prompt for this week is “heat”. soft chivalrous clouds audaciously camouflage giant ball of heat

#camouflage, #clouds, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heat, #inspiration, #life, #light, #micropoetry, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #sun

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