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31 Jan

World of Words (WoW)

Bjorn is hosting Meet the Bar (MTB) challenge at dVerse today. He wants us to try using different types of alliteration, assonance and consonance in any poem of our choice and see how we can enhance the connection between...

#alliteration, #dVerse, #facts, #feelings, #humour, #life, #truth, #words, blog

07 Nov

My last conversation

In a very unfortunate event last week, one of my friends left for her heavenly abode. We all were left shocked at the sudden death of such a lively, kind hearted and cheerful soul. A talented artist and an...

#death, #emotions, #feelings, #friends, #learning, #lessons, #life, #reflections, #relationships, #truth, blog

06 Aug

Inspiration is everywhere

I was strolling after dinner with my husband last night and we were following the walking trail within the society. It was extremely hot and humid and not a whiff of air around except on few patches. And we...

#attitude, #behavior, #foodforthought, #happiness, #inspiration, #inspiring, #life, #thoughts, blog

18 Jul

Hard work or Destiny?

One of my friends prompted me to pen down my views on “Hard work and Destiny.” The moment I heard this, my mind screamed ‘Hard work, obviously!’ but my heart though in agreement, was a little skeptical. I have...

#control, #destiny, #determination, #hardwork, #inspiration#diligence, #learning, #life, #motivation, #quotes, #roads, #roadsajourney, #success, #writer, blog

12 Jul

Time to celebrate

I joined the WordPress community about three and a half years ago, in Jan’2016. What started as an uncharted journey, soon turned into passion with enriching experiences and learning each day. Writing brings you so close to yourself and...

#book, #couragepoems, #gratitude, #inspiration, #inspiringpoems, #inspiringpoetry, #journey, #lifepoems, #lifepoetry, #lovepoems, #lovepoetry, #motivation, #poems, #poetrybook, #published, #roads, #virtues, #wisdompoems, blog

26 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 26: Just when…

Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a word, or phrase. You can even repeat an image, perhaps slightly changing or enlarging it from stanza to stanza, to alter its...

#alliteration, #challenge, #desires, #fate, #feelings, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #repitition, #wishes, blog

24 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 24: Thesaurus of my laptop

Today’s (optional) prompt is to write a poem that, like “Dictionary Illustrations,” is inspired by a reference book. Locate a dictionary, thesaurus, or encyclopedia, open it at random, and consider the two pages in front of you to be...

#dictionary, #illustrations, #impact, #meaning, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #thesaurus, #words, blog

23 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 23: The monarch of Arctic

The challenge today is to write a poem about an animal. I had written on Eagle, couple of months ago, for a similar prompt. You can read that here. This time I have written about an endangered species. The...

#animals, #endangered, #global warming, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #polar bear, #threatened, blog

21 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 21: A surrealist dream

Today, the challenge is to write a poem that, incorporates wild, surreal images. Try to play around with writing that doesn’t make formal sense, but which engages all the senses and involves dream-logic. I have tried to combine surrealism...

#creativity, #fun, #humour, #imagination, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poe#poetry, #poem, #surreal, #surrealism, blog

20 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 20: Our daily conversations

Today, the challenge is to write a poem that “talks.” What does that mean? Well, take a look at this poem by Diane Seuss. While it isn’t a monologue, it’s largely based in spoken language, interspersed with the speaker/narrator’s...

#children, #conversation, #feelings, #fun, #funny, #home, #house, #humour, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #parents, #poem, #slangs, #talk, blog

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