#love - Verses and Hues

19 Dec

Senryu: Silence

heart wails treachery though words belie emotions silence speaks the truth Linked to Haiku Horizons for prompt “silence” for week#199.

#3lines, #betrayal, #broken, #emotions, #feelings, #freeverse, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #heart, #love, #micropoetry, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #senryu, #silence, #struggle, #tanka, #treachery, #treason, #truth, #words

24 Nov

Kat hosts Twittering Tales every Tuesday. The challenge is to write a tale in less than 280 characters, based on the image provided by her. Here’s my take on it: Miriam had been playing the piano since her...

#death, #eulogy, #facts, #keys, #life, #love, #music, #piano, #romance, #shortstory, #story, #symphony, #truth, #twittering tale

26 Oct

Poem: You/ कविता: तुम

I have penned down something in Hindi today. Below is the English translation as well. क्यों चले आते हो तुम ख़्यालों में बिन बुलाए बिन खटखटाए जब इस दिल पर तुम्हारा कोई हक़ ही नहीं इस दिल ने...

#betrayal, #feelings, #heart, #hindi, #hindi poetry, #hindipoem, #life, #love, #pain, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #romance, #wound

24 Oct

Quadrille: Memories

encumbering societal norms weighed heavy on me so I rescinded to hibernate to rationalize my subsistence to feel my roots like waves retracting to depth of ocean then your memories creaked gently in the silence of my heart...

#breath, #creak, #dVerse, #emotions, #feelings, #life, #love, #memories, #nostalgia, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #quadrille, #reality, #reflection, #relationship, #trust

24 Oct

Can we stop judging a woman’s morality?

I witnessed a very unpleasant episode yesterday where I saw a very resilient and independent woman in a pool of tears. It was the most unexpected reaction from a woman of her ability and character that left me...

#accountability, #Courage, #humanity, #intriguing, #judge, #life, #life’s lessons, #love, #morality, #motivation, #questions, #responsibility, #rights, #romance, #society, #story, #woman, #woman empowerment, #women, #writing

17 Oct

A Poem is…

feelings… feelings invoke imagination imagination rears thoughts thoughts starve for words words scattered… as billions of stars and galaxies thoughts amalgamate with words words spill on paper a poem is born! happiness orchestrates… makes soul dance soar without wings...

#agony, #feelings, #freeverse, #grief, #happiness, #heart, #imagination, #joy, #life, #love, #pain, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #thoughts, #words

11 Oct

Quadrille: Hope

De Jackson of WhimsyGizmo who is a Las Vegan, hosted Quadrille on Monday at dVerse, when we write a poem of exactly 44 words, including a given word. (I know I’m a little late for submission!) In light of the...

#attacks, #confidence, #dark, #dVerse, #faith, #freedom, #freeverse, #hope, #inspiration, #life, #love, #motivation, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #politics, #pride, #quadrille, #terror, #terrorism, #wisdom, #world

06 Oct

Poem: I lost myself

thunderous waves never plundered my spirits neither hurricane ravaged my vigour dusk never dawned encumbrance for darkness shrouded my existence unscathed by the disparaging world I was wounded only one time but contusions spurn to heal I’ve been in...

#betray, #betrayal, #Courage, #dVerse, #existence, #feelings, #freeverse, #heart, #hurt, #justice, #life, #love, #Open Link Night, #pain, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #romance, #spirits, #wound

22 Sep

Poem: A Desire…

Today I’ve penned down something in my native language- Hindi. These are actually afterthoughts of reading a Hindi poem. I’ve given the English translation below my original poem. इक ख़्वाहिश ठंडी हवा के झोंके जब पेड़ों को...

#belief, #breeze, #desire, #desires, #feelings, #hindi poetry, #hindipoem, #hope, #longing, #love, #lover, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #romance, #wind

15 Sep

Haiku: A Mother’s Shade

surged gloriously from a child to a parent in shade of your trust The post follows the prompt “shade” given by Haiku Horizons for the week #185.

#haiku, #haiku horizons, #love, #micropoetry, #mom, #mother, #mother's day, #parents, #poetrychallenge, #shade, #trust

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