blog - Verses and Hues

02 Apr

NaPoWriMo 2019: Day 2: A hundred and one

Day 2 prompt is based on this poem by Claire Wahmanholm, which transforms the natural world into an unsettled dream-place. One way it does this is by asking questions – literally. The poem not only contains questions, but ends...

#arguments, #confusion, #expectations, #infidelity, #life, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poetry, #poetrychallenge, #questions, blog

01 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 1: How to make a good parent…Are you one?

Once again it is that time of the year which we all poetry lovers eagerly await. Yes! It’s NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo month, when we write a poem everyday for 30 days on the prompt (optional) given by our dear Maureen...

#advice, #children, #feelings, #inspiration, #instructions, #life, #manual, #NaPoWriMo2019, #opinion, #parenting, #parents, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #rules, #words, #writing, blog

29 Mar

Unsaid Words

You kill me everyday With words that you don’t say Some words of love and care That I’ve always longed to hear Some words that are a caution That I await before each fall Some words that make me...

#aspirations, #care, #expectations, #feelings, #introspect, #life, #love, #myself, #realize, #reflections, #regrets, #thoughts, #words, #writing, blog

25 Mar

Back to the world of blogging

A big hello to my fellow writers! I have been away from WordPress for a really long time, almost 10 months. Life took me on a different tour and I decided to go with the flow. I wouldn’t...

#beginning, #bloggers, #break, #journey, #life, #restart, blog

21 May

Poem: Smile- An Enamored Jewel

Seek Miracles In Life Everyday Smile my dear, smile it away For your smile sways all the pain Your smile renders you humane The gateway to everyone’s heart Is the warmth that smile imparts A...

#attitude, #beauty, #empathy, #feelings, #fun, #heart, #humane, #inspiration, #laughter, #life, #love, #music, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #power, #silence, #smile, #sound, #trust, #virtues, #words, blog

16 May

Poem: Beginnings

Hello fellow bloggers! Apologies for just vanishing for last two weeks. NaPoWrimo was indeed quite exhausting and with my Life Coach course almost reaching its conclusion by the end of this month, I was just not able to manage...

#beginning, #change, #dawn, #faith, #feelings, #hope, #inception, #inspiration, #life, #motivation, #new, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #transformation, #words, blog

27 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 27: The Magical Words

NaPoWriMo challenge for today is to pick any tarot card and then to write a poem inspired either by the card or by the images or ideas that are associated with it. I have chosen the card of “The Magician”...

##cards, #emotions, #eternity, #feelings, #heaven, #life, #magic, #magical, #magician, #napo, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #poem, #poet, #poetrychallenge, #spiritual, #tarot, #thoughts, #words, blog

24 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 24: My Elegy For You

The challenge of NaPoWriMo today is to write an elegy – a poem typically written in honor or memory of someone dead. But we’d like to challenge you to write an elegy that has a hopefulness to it. Here’s...

#appeal, #elegy, #feelings, #humanity, #life, #love, #memoir, #memory, #napo, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #quality, #request, #respect, #truth, #virtues, #words, blog

23 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 23: Wish I could change this moment

And now for today’s (optional) prompt! Kate Greenstreet’s poetry is spare, but gives a very palpable sense of being spoken aloud – it reads like spoken language sounds. In our interview with her, she underscores this, stating that “when...

#change, #child, #dream, #feelings, #hear, #inspiration, #life, #lyrics, #moment, #music, #nostalgia, #phrase, #poem, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #responsibility, #song, #sound, #wish, #words, blog

20 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 20: Obnoxious Men

Our prompt for the day takes its cue from Notley’s rebelliousness, and asks to write a poem that involves rebellion in some way. The speaker or subject of the poem could defy a rule or stricture that’s been placed...

#childrem, #crime, #dignity, #hatred, #men, #napo, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #poem, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #rape, #respect, #social issues, #society, #suspect, #thoughts, #victim, #womanhood, #women, #words, blog

Archive for Tag: blog