#haiku - Verses and Hues

06 Jul

Haiku Triplet: Rain

This post follows the prompt and rules set by my dear friend Sangbad of Thoughts of Words for the Fortnight Friday Fables, a writing challenge co-hosted by him with another friend Sheetal Bhardwaj of The Glitters of Life. The...

#blessing, #downpour, #drizzle, #haiku, #life, #micropoetry, #monsoon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #rain

29 Jun

Haiku: Mirror

how can a mirror reflect true self harboring fiendish intentions Coincidentally, the prompt given by Haiku Horizons and Colleen for this week is same. The above post follows the prompt “Mirror” given by Haiku Horizons...

#Colleen’s Weekly, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #harbor, #introspection, #micropoetry, #mirror, #poetrychallenge, #reflection, #self

24 Jun

Tanka: Earth

only miracle can rescue our aggrieved earth I urge the fairies to move their magic wand to restore majesty of earth The post follows the prompt words “fairy” and “magic” given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry...

#Colleen’s Weekly, #earth, #fairy, #fairytale, #haiku, #love, #magic, #micropoetry, #miracle, #nature, #poetrychallenge

18 Jun

Haiku: Hypocrisy

truth veiled under smoke laughter shrouds the pain of soul hypocrisy reigns The post follows the prompts given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge# 37. The challenge for this week is to use “smoke” and “veil” in a...

#Colleen’s Weekly, #haiku, #hypocrisy, #life, #micropoetry, #pain, #poetrychallenge, #smoke, #veil

14 Jun

Haiku: Steal

stealing some sun light to oust darkness from our life gleams the modest moon The post follows the prompt “steal” given by Haiku Horizons for this week.

#darkness, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #life, #light, #micropoetry, #moon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #steal, #sun

07 Jun

Haiku: Kiss

summer stifles life Parched earth frenziedly craves for sweet kisses of rain The post follows the prompt “kiss” provided for week 171 by Haiku Horizons.

#earth, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heat, #kiss, #life, #micropoetry, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #rain, #summer

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

08 May

Senryu: Life

deserting alive lamenting whilst death fondles what folly of life

#death, #folly, #haiku, #humour, #irony, #life, #micropoetry, #poetrychallenge, #senryu

05 May

Lead and Save

The post follows the prompts shared by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge#32. The challenge is to use the words “lead” and “save” or their synonyms in a haiku/ tanka/ haibun. I have written a haiku with “lead” and “save” and a tanka...

#5lines, #God, #haiku, #lead, #liberate, #micropoetry, #nature, #peace, #poetrychallenge, #save, #tanka

04 May

Double Haiku: Link

Past proliferates its reflection on present link always remains Present silhouettes leads its footprints to future link will still remain This post follows the Haiku Horizons prompt for this week “Link”

#haiku, #link, #micropoetry, #past, #poetrychallenge, #present, #reflection

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