#poetrychallenge - Verses and Hues

30 Jun

Poem: Loving Memories

there’s something in the wind today that’s creating ripples in my present-day that’s fetching all old memories memories of you and me memories of you stealing glimpses of me memories of the door from where you peeked memories of...

#affair, #affection, #beauty, #eyes, #flowers, #gaze, #lost, #love, #memories, #missing, #music, #poetrychallenge, #words

29 Jun

Haiku: Mirror

how can a mirror reflect true self harboring fiendish intentions Coincidentally, the prompt given by Haiku Horizons and Colleen for this week is same. The above post follows the prompt “Mirror” given by Haiku Horizons...

#Colleen’s Weekly, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #harbor, #introspection, #micropoetry, #mirror, #poetrychallenge, #reflection, #self

24 Jun

Tanka: Earth

only miracle can rescue our aggrieved earth I urge the fairies to move their magic wand to restore majesty of earth The post follows the prompt words “fairy” and “magic” given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry...

#Colleen’s Weekly, #earth, #fairy, #fairytale, #haiku, #love, #magic, #micropoetry, #miracle, #nature, #poetrychallenge

21 Jun

Poem: Sign at the beach

divorced from the world to spend time with self to discern the purpose of my being to rationalize the significance of grief I walked to the beach a walk to the beach all I had in...

#beach, #dVerse, #footsteps, #God, #inspiration, #introspection, #life’s lessons, #motivation, #nature, #ocean, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #sign

19 Jun

Haibun: Clouds

The sky seemed captivating, adorned with the glitterati of stars like a bride dressed in an impeccably sparkling outfit. I had been admiring the blue for hours and was eager to continue my adoration for eternity. The moving...

#5lines, #clouds, #Colleen’s Weekly, #compassion, #enshroud, #grit, #haibun, #harmony, #inspiration, #introspection, #lessons, #life, #life’s lessons, #micropoetry, #mist, #nature, #perseverance, #poetrychallenge, #sky, #smoke, #sun, #tanka, #unison, #unity, #veil

18 Jun

Haiku: Hypocrisy

truth veiled under smoke laughter shrouds the pain of soul hypocrisy reigns The post follows the prompts given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge# 37. The challenge for this week is to use “smoke” and “veil” in a...

#Colleen’s Weekly, #haiku, #hypocrisy, #life, #micropoetry, #pain, #poetrychallenge, #smoke, #veil

14 Jun

Haiku: Steal

stealing some sun light to oust darkness from our life gleams the modest moon The post follows the prompt “steal” given by Haiku Horizons for this week.

#darkness, #haiku, #haiku horizons, #life, #light, #micropoetry, #moon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #steal, #sun

11 Jun

Tanka: The Moon and my Heart

windstorm propelled my heart’s melancholy to sky the moon stands forlorn hoping stars lead jubilance in sky as well as my life This post follows the prompt words given by Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #36....

#5lines, #Colleen’s Weekly, #happy, #heart, #jubilance, #life, #love, #melancholy, #micropoetry, #moon, #nature, #poetrychallenge, #sad, #sadness, #sky, #stars, #tanka

10 Jun

Poem: Impact of Words

world was not so fascinating life never seemed meaningful morning wasn’t so inspiring neither rain did any good until one day, you showed me the way I clench close to my heart the wisdom those words impart...

#faith, #grateful, #gratitude, #guide, #impact, #inspiration, #learning, #life, #life’s lessons, #motivation, #poetrychallenge, #thankfulness, #thanks, #words

09 Jun

Terrorism

I have been quite disturbed by the recent terrorist attacks in different parts of the world. My heart is grieving for those who lost their loved ones in these horrifying and condemning acts of violence, giving birth to some...

#attacks, #benevolence, #compassion, #crime, #criminal, #fear, #horror, #humanity, #killer, #killings, #kindness, #life, #life’s lessons, #massacre, #monthly, #monthly feature, #peace, #poetrychallenge, #scared, #terror, #terrorism, #terrorists

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