#micropoetry - Verses and Hues

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

28 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 28: Time

I am not following the NaPoWriMo prompt today as I am travelling. Here is my Tanka titled “Time” for today. Struggles shadowed life learned opined “It’s bad time” so I changed old watch time stood still without impact is...

#5lines, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #time, #watch

26 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 26: Tanka-Truth or lie

I am not following the NaPoWriMo prompt today. Here’s a Tanka for today: Stranded at cross-roads truth entails a slow poison deceit means drowning in ocean of my own blood which path I stride for solace

#5lines, #Lie, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #solace, #stranded, #tanka, #truth

23 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 23: Elevenie

The prompt for Day Twenty-Three of NaPoWriMo is to write a double elevenie. What’s that? Well, an elevenie is an eleven-word poem of five lines, with each line performing a specific task in the poem. The first line is one...

#5lines, #elevenie, #invincible, #micropoetry, #music, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #rejuvenate, #salvation, #words

22 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 22: Earth

The NaPoWriMo prompt for today is to write a georgic in honour of Earth Day. Georgic is a poem dealing with practical aspects of agriculture and rural affairs. I have not written a georgic but on the eve of Earth Day, I have written...

#5lines, #earth, #earth day, #earthday, #magic, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #wish

13 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 13: Haibun

The prompt for NaPoWriMo for today has not yet been uploaded so I followed the prompt shared by Colleen for her Weekly Poetry Challenge #28 which requires words “hard” & “soft” or their synonyms to be used in a haiku, tanka...

#aqua, #enigma, #haibun, #haiku, #horizon, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #nature, #ocean, #poetrychallenge, #sea, #water

11 Apr

NaPoWrimo Day 11: Tanka

Here’s another Tanka inspired by Weekly Tanka Challenge – Week 39 with prompt “Old & New” that serves my second submission for NaPoWriMo Day 11 old rules of new game new rules of the same old game some variations some sluggish...

#5lines, #game, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #new, #old, #past, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #weeklytankachallenge -39

11 Apr

Tanka: Old Vs. New

old generation ardently welcomes new breed accedes hopefully a new perspective of life only to be ostracized Inspired by the prompt “Old and New” of Weekly Tanka Challenge #39. This is also my submission towards Day 11...

#5lines, #generation, #life, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #new, #old, #perspective, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #weeklytankachallenge -39

06 Apr

Tanka: Flowers

efflorescence spell flowers rejoice gift of spring never wailing fall preaching to live in moment surging ahead laugh and sing This post is in response to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #28. The challenge is to use words “Laugh” and...

#5lines, #cry, #flowers, #inspiration, #laugh, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #optimism, #spring, #tanka

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