When seeds of hard work Are sown in life’s soil When minerals of wisdom Add strength during turmoil When candor waters this plant And patience tills the field When perseverance is the air And faith...
Our past is responsible to a great extent in shaping our lives- our thought process, our conduct and our attitude. We must understand that life is a mixed bag for everyone. All of us are granted our share of happiness,...
This post is in response to Limerick Challenge Week 35, hosted by Mind and Life matters. This week’s prompt is “trust”, which must be used in first, second or fifth line. Here’s my take on it: The race...
Life treats all of us differently; quite the same way, as we all tend to treat life differently. All human beings have been blessed with one life. But each one of us has his own goals, desires, aspirations and...
Tanka is a poetry form which originated in Japan more than 13 centuries ago. Tanka, translated, means “short song.” It is similar to haiku in that there are specific numbers of syllables for each line of the poem and they often discuss the...
I have written prose poetry this time. Hope you like it! Deserting me in solitude, With arrogance and attitude, Abandoning signs of gratitude, Tormenting me like destitute, Swearing never to return, How could he even yearn?
The ship of my life was about to sink, My courage abandoned me without a wink, My future looked obscure, I could see no cure, Yet my faith in Almighty was eternally pure!
This post is in response to the prompts for Day 8 provided by Poetry 101 course of Blogging University. This day’s requirement is to write a poem on “Pleasure” using anaphora or epistrophe. Anaphora is a poetic device that relies on...
This post is in response to the Limerick Challenge hosted by @mindandlifematters. This week’s prompt is “Mother”. I decided to write the limerick from the perspective of a mother rather than “for” the mother and I realized that five...
Today’s post is in response to the Day 4 prompt “Journey” given by Poetry 101 course of Blogging University. The journey of life began with my first cry in this world… From mother’s lap to the floor, From...