#poem - Verses and Hues

14 May

Fragments of Life

My poem is inspired by a modern sculptor created by Bruno Catalano. Bruno Catalano (born :-1960 – ), is a French sculptor, most renowned for creating sculptures of figures with substantial sections missing. He has created life -size bronze...

#fragments, #identity, #inspiring, #life, #musings, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #thoughts

21 Apr

A Predicted Poem: NaPoWriMo Day 21

NaPoWriMo Day 21: Today’s poetry resource is the archives of Poetry International, where you’ll find poems from all over the world, both in their original languages and in translation. Today’s optional prompt asks you to make use of today’s resource....

#day21, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2020, #poem

27 Mar

Poetry makes me believe

Poetry makes me believe In the miracle called life Poetry makes me believe In the magic of words Poetry makes me believe In the power of emotions Poetry makes me believe In the beauty of the world Poetry makes...

#belief, #feelings, #life, #musings, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #thoughts

20 Jan

Tanka: Clouds

We recently went for a vacation to Goa. This poem is inspired by the clouds and the magnificent view of its fragments as soon as the flight took off. I was mesmerised by the ways of nature wherein the...

#clouds, #micropoetry, #nature, #naturepoetry, #poem, #tanka, #vastness

30 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 30: The journey concludes

The month-long writing marathon comes to end! I’m glad I was able to keep pace with the prompts. It was indeed a great journey of learning and writing discipline. Though it became challenging on certain days to pen down,...

#end, #feelings, #journey, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #thoughts, #words, #writing

29 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 29: A long wait

Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that meditates, from a position of tranquility, on an emotion you have felt powerfully. A long wait… I’ve been searching for you, Since my youth- With a...

#emotions, #feelings, #happiness, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #perfection, #personification, #perspective, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #words

28 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 28: Sculpting poetry

Today I’d like to challenge you to try your hand at a meta-poem of your own- which are poems about poems. Sculpting poetry Poetry is a science; poetry is an art Poetry is passion; a form of meditation A...

#creativity, #feelings, #genesis, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #thoughts, #words

27 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 27: Shakespearean Sonnet

And now for our (optional) prompt. Our video resource for the day promises to teach you everything you need to know to write a Shakespearean sonnet, but I’m not going to ask you to do that, exactly. Instead, I’d...

#beauty, #heart, #inspiration, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #shakespeare, #sonnet

26 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 26: Just when…

Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a word, or phrase. You can even repeat an image, perhaps slightly changing or enlarging it from stanza to stanza, to alter its...

#alliteration, #challenge, #desires, #fate, #feelings, #life, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #repitition, #wishes, blog

25 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 25: The changing phase of city

The challenge is to write a poem that: Is specific to a season Uses imagery that relates to all five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) Includes a rhetorical question, (like Keats’ “where are the songs of spring?”)...

#citylife, #emotions, #feelings, #happiness, #hectic, #joy, #life, #monsoon, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #rains, #seasons

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