Poetry - Verses and Hues

07 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 7: A Ring at the Beach

We have completed one week of NaPoWriMo today! In keeping with the fact that it’s the seventh day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, we have been challenged to write a poem about luck and fortuitousness. Basically, a poem birthing out of a...

#beach, #creativity, #humour, #ingenuity, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #ring

06 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 6: What you see in a Flower

This post is in response to the prompt given by NaPoWriMo for today. The prompt is to write a poem that looks at the same thing from various points of view. This is one of my favourite prompts so...

#feelings, #flowers, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #perspective, #poetrychallenge

06 Apr

Tanka: Flowers

efflorescence spell flowers rejoice gift of spring never wailing fall preaching to live in moment surging ahead laugh and sing This post is in response to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #28. The challenge is to use words “Laugh” and...

#5lines, #cry, #flowers, #inspiration, #laugh, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #optimism, #spring, #tanka

05 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 5: The Twinkling Star

Today is the fifth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo. The prompt (optional) today is to write a poem that is based in the natural world: it could be about a particular plant, animal, or a particular landscape. But it should be about...

#feelings, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #nature, #perspective, #poetrychallenge, #sky, #star, #twinkling

04 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day4: Enigma

Todays is Day 4 of NaPoWriMo. The prompt today is to take inspiration from Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. The “enigma” of the title is widely believed to be a hidden melody that is not actually played, but which is tucked somehow...

#cuddle, #enigma, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #paws, #poetrychallenge, #smile

03 Apr

Elegy- My Eternal Love

Today is the third day of NaPoWriMo 2017. I have again experimented with a new form today as Maureen has prompted us to write an elegy – a poem that mourns or honors someone dead or something gone by. And...

#death, #dream, #elegy, #emotions, #feelings, #life, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #promise, #truth

02 Apr

Recipe of a Delectable Marriage

Today is the second day of NaPoWriMo. The prompt for today is to write a poem inspired by, or in the form of, a recipe! It can be a recipe for something real, like your grandmother’s lemon chiffon cake, or...

#cuisine, #inspiration, #love, #lust, #marriage, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #patience, #recipe, #romance, #technology, #wedding

01 Apr

Haibun: Peak

Today is the first day of NaPoWriMo 2017 and I have tried to write a new form called Haikun, keeping in line with the early bird prompt provided by NaPoWriMo (though I am not early :)). Haibun is a Japanese literary...

#everest, #fear, #haibun, #haiku, #mountains, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #nature, #peak, #poetrychallenge

31 Mar

NaPoWriMo 2017

Good news! After a lot of thought and deliberation, I have finally resolved to commit myself to writing poetry everyday for a whole month. Yes! I have signed up for NaPoWriMo 2017. When I had started blogging in January last...

#commitment, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge

31 Mar

Tanka: Light or Darkness

Benevolent God blessed me again a day to wake up to light Do I still lament darkness am I grateful today This Tanka is in response to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #27 which mandates using words “Light”...

#5lines, #darkness, #God, #grateful, #light, #micropoetry, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #today

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