#poetrychallenge - Verses and Hues

11 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 11 Poem: Seeking to be Buddha

Prompt for ALS NaPoWriMo Day 11: Buddha is not just the name of Lord but it’s a state of being. It’s akin to divinity. What do you think it takes to be like Buddha? Do you feel the...

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10 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 10 Poem: The Wheel of Time

Prompt for ALS NaPoWriMo Day 10: Fading Footprints Nothing is permanent in our life. What comes, goes. What is left behind are footprints or memories. Interpret the theme with respect to relations, opportunities or as you may like,...

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10 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 10 Poem: Hail the Sea

Prompt for Day 10 by Maureen: Today’s daily prompt (optional, as always) again comes from our archives. I’m playing to my own strengths here, but I challenge you to write a sea shanty (or shantey, or chanty, or chantey — there’s...

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08 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 8 Poem: I Bow for His Benevolence

ALS NaPoWriMo Day 8: Gratitude is one of the biggest virtues. There are many people in our lives to whom we are not able to express our gratitude- spouse, parents, children, friends, relatives, peers, the helpers at our home/office,...

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07 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 7 Poem: My Rendezvous with Ocean

Prompt for NaPoWriMo Day 7: Human beings are inquisitive by nature. We tend to ask questions even while answering a question At every stage of life, we are faced with pertinent questions about ourselves, our actions, or the path...

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04 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 4: Full Moon

Prompt for Day 4 by Maureen: Today, let’s try writing triolets. A triolet is an eight-line poem. All the lines are in iambic tetramenter (for a total of eight syllables per line), and the first, fourth, and seventh lines...

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04 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 4 Poem: The Orchard of My Life

ALS NaPoWriMo Day 4: Here’s the prompt: It’s the season of spring, and we see colorful flowers blooming everywhere. Our life is also like a garden, experiencing all the seasons from time to time. Write a poem to...

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03 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 3: Failure is counted bitterest

As I am following prompts from two communities, here’s the day 3 prompt given by Maureen: Find a shortish poem that you like, and rewrite each line, replacing each word (or as many words as you can) with words...

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03 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 3 Poem: My Window of Liberation

The prompt at ALS for Day 3 is as below: The World Outside My Window Everyone sees the world differently. When we are happy, the world outside appears full of glee, but when we are trapped in sadness or...

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02 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 2: Some Wishes I Wish Came True!

NaPoWriMo Day 2: The prompt given by Maureen is as below: And now for today’s (optional) prompt! The Romanian-born poet Paul Celan once wrote a series of surrealist questions and answers. Here are a couple of examples: What is forgetting? An...

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