#nature - 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

30 Apr

NaPoWriMo Final Day!

Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo! I can’t believe I’ve been writing a poem everyday for a month. A big thanks to Maureen for successfully hosting another year of NaPoWriMo by constantly motivating and guiding us by providing interesting...

#belief, #faith, #final, #hope, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #nature, #optimism, #poetrychallenge, #positivity, #repetitive, #success

29 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 29

As I am travelling, I am not following the NaPoWriMo prompt today as well. Here’s poem for today titled “A lizard on my wall”! A lizard on my wall Doesn’t it say all? The creepy reptile majestically climbs...

#animal, #cold blooded, #fear, #lizard, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #predator, #reptile

18 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 18: Neologism

The prompt for NaPoWriMo for today is to write a poem that incorporates neologisms. What’s that? Well, it’s a made-up word! Your neologisms could be portmanteaus (basically, a word made from combining two existing words, like “motel” coming from...

#earth, #fairy, #flowers, #grass, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #nature, #neologism, #poetrychallenge, #rain

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

05 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 5: The Twinkling Star

Today is the fifth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo. The prompt (optional) today is to write a poem that is based in the natural world: it could be about a particular plant, animal, or a particular landscape. But it should be about...

#feelings, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #nature, #perspective, #poetrychallenge, #sky, #star, #twinkling

01 Apr

Haibun: Peak

Today is the first day of NaPoWriMo 2017 and I have tried to write a new form called Haikun, keeping in line with the early bird prompt provided by NaPoWriMo (though I am not early :)). Haibun is a Japanese literary...

#everest, #fear, #haibun, #haiku, #mountains, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #nature, #peak, #poetrychallenge

05 Dec

Relationships

Relationships are quite fragile in nature. Even a trivial unpleasant word or action can disrupt our entire belief system. It takes years of love, care, bonding and sacrifices to form and sustain relationships but only a single deed of...

#belief, #benevolence, #bitter, #faith, #feelings, #gratitude, #inspiration, #life, #nature, #quotes, #relationship, #thoughts, #words

04 Nov

The Morning Walk

Determined to chase off my morning indolence, I obeyed the alarm with physical dissonance, Procrastinating the thought had been of no avail, Reluctantly I slipped into sneakers, to follow the trail.

#dawn, #health, #inspiration, #life, #morning, #nature, #spirit, #sunrise, #walk

09 Sep

Nurturing The Tree of Life

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...

#confidence, #faith, #happiness, #hard work, #life, #nature, #optimism, #patience, #perseverance, #positive thinking, #wisdom

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