#nature - Verses and Hues

17 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 17: An Amusing Family Vacation

The challenge of NaPoWriMo today is to write a poem re-telling a family anecdote that has stuck with you over time. It could be the story of the time your Uncle Louis caught a home run ball, the time...

#adjust, #anecdote, #cousins, #family, #feelings, #funny, #hills, #holiday, #humour, #life, #memory, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #nature, #poem, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #siblings, #thoughts, #vacation, #words, blog

16 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 16: The Game of Life

The NaPoWriMo prompt for the day asks us to write a poem that prominently features the idea of play. It could be a poem about a sport or game, a poem about people who play (or are playing a...

#athlete, #attitude, #chess, #commitment, #cricket, #football, #game, #inspiration, #leadership, #legends, #life, #Lionel Messi, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #nature, #poem, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #qualities, #Roger Federer, #sports, #success, #tennis, #thoughts, #truth, #Virat Kohli, #winner, #words, blog

14 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 14: My Dream Dictionary

Here’s today’s prompt. Dream dictionaries have been around as long as people have had dreams. Interestingly, if you consult a few of them, they nearly always tend to have totally different things to say about specific objects or symbols....

#balance, #dictionary, #dreams, #feelings, #fun, #humour, #life, #meaning, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #nature, #poem, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #prompt, #psychology, #thoughts, #words

12 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 12: Home Sweet Home

The challenge of NaPoWriMo for today is to specifically write a haibun that takes in the natural landscape of the place you live. It may be the high sierra, dusty plains, lush rainforest, or a suburbia of tiny, identical...

#beauty, #clouds, #feelings, #flora, #haibun, #haiku, #home, #house, #life, #napo, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #natural, #nature, #neighborhood, #park, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #rain, #residence, #sun, #sweet, #thoughts, #vicinity, #words

11 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 11: A Day in My Future

NaPoWriMo challenge for Day 11 is to write a poem that addresses the future, answering the questions “What does y(our) future provide? What is your future state of mind? If you are a citizen of the “union” that is...

#beach, #coaching, #creativity, #feelings, #future, #imagination, #life, #memories, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #nature, #plans, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #reminisce, #reminiscence, #thoughts, #words, blog

10 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 10: Resplendent Morning

The challenge today is to write a poem of simultaneity – in which multiple things are happing at once. I have penned down my thoughts around multiple things that make up a morning. Here’s my take at it. A...

#beauty, #dawn, #hope, #inspiration, #life, #morning, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #sun, #thoughts, #walk, #words, blog

05 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 5: Trampled by the World

Today, the challenge of NaPoWriMo is to write a poem that reacts both to photography and to words in a language not your own. Begin with a photograph. Now find a poem in a language you don’t know. Ignore any accompanying...

#art, #beliefs, #crushed, #dreams, #faith, #feelings, #hope, #inspiration, #judgment, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #nature, #opinion, #perception, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #qualms, #rejuvenation, #sand, #society, #spirits, #strength, #thoughts, #trampled, #trodden, #views, #vision, #words, #world, blog

04 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 4: Tenacity of Nature

On fourth day of NaPoWriMo Maureen has challenged us today to write a poem that is about something abstract – perhaps an ideal like “beauty” or “justice,” but which discusses or describes that abstraction in the form of relentlessly...

#Courage, #earth, #faith, #feelings, #grit, #hope, #inspiration, #moon, #motivation, #mountains, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #nature, #ocean, #perseverance, #persistence, #perspective, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #ponderings, #sea, #sun, #waves, #words, blog

21 Mar

Octet- Charms of Nature

Earth rejoices with nature’s resplendent show Serenity entices my body and soul Sunset spatters the sky in enigmatic hues Moon greets the night with glorious views Pitter-patter of raindrops instills melody in air Aroma of...

#beauty, #feelings, #life, #moon, #nature, #octet, #poem, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #rain, #serenity, #sun, #thoughts, #words, blog

15 Mar

Balance of Nature

sun enlightens day glitterati of bright stars recoups verve at night led by charismatic moon nature balances life with grace an inspiration to seek This is Bussokusekika Poetry – a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7-7. It is a Japanese...

#5lines, #balance, #bussokusekika, #feelings, #grace, #inspiration, #life, #micropoetry, #moon, #motivation, #nature, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #stars, #sun, #tanka, #thoughts, #words

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