#expectations - Verses and Hues

09 Sep

Test of Relations

Relationships are our lifeline. They make us who we are. Be it the relationship of a mother with her children or the relationship with one’s life partner; our affinity to our in-laws or our dealings with our friends; our...

#emotions, #expectations, #experience, #feelings, #life, #love, #poetry#p, #relations, #relationships, #test, #thoughts, #truth

07 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 7: What I want to gift myself

The prompt for the day is inspired by McKibbens, who posted these thoughts on her Twitter account a few months back: What do you deserve? Name it. All of it. What are you ready to let go of? Name...

#blessings, #deserve, #expectations, #feelings, #gift, #gratitude, #life, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #relax, #self, #thoughts, #wishes

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

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

29 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 29: Reincarnation of Love

I am off prompt today due to some urgent personal commitment! But here’s what I could manage to write. Poem: Reincarnation of Love We pursuit love in this whole world We expect love from everyone we love But...

#expectations, #language, #love, #meaning, #napo, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #reincarnation, #romance

06 Mar

Rhythm of Life

The susurration of leaves falling in Fall The pitter-patter of ambrosial raindrops The whispers and whistles of the evening breeze The swashing and swooshing of waves on the beach Do you hear the rhythm in symphony of nature?...

#animals, #birds, #breeze, #earth, #existence, #expectations, #experience, #feelings, #freeverse, #leaves, #life, #music, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #rain, #rhyming, #rhythm, #spring, #thoughts, #tree, #words, blog

04 Aug

Poem: I rise again

I fought to affirm my worth to the world only to be defeated each time I struggled to keep pace with the world only to be wounded each time I voiced against prejudice by the world only to...

#challenge, #dissent, #expectations, #freedom, #hope, #insight, #inspiration, #inspire, #liberty, #motivation, #poetrychallenge, #rise, #stars, #struggle, #success, #value, #voice, #worth, #worthiness

23 Dec

Acrostic: Life Is Beautiful

An acrostic poem is a poem where certain letters in each line spells out a word or phrase. Typically, the first letters of a line are used to spell the message; but, they can appear anywhere. In my poem below, the...

#attitude, #beautiful, #control, #expectations, #inspiration, #life, #outlook, #perfection, #pleasure, #smile

07 Oct

Comprehending Anger

Lately I have found myself getting annoyed and irked at slightest provocation. Every little thing seems to test my patience. Whether it’s kids messing up their room or my inability to sneak a few hours for blogging, my irritability...

#anger, #anxiety, #anxious, #change, #expectations, #fear, #inspiration, #life, #patience, #peace, #resentment, #thoughts

31 May

Why our teens have lost faith in us?

Lately, I have been quite disturbed by the growing number of suicide cases among children. We read about these cases in newspapers everyday and feel upset for those few minutes but then get back to our routines. Have we...

#children, #comparison, #expectations, #guidance, #marks, #optimism, #parenting, #perfect, #score, #suicide, #support, #technology, #teenagers, #teens

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