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11 Apr

Tanka: Old Vs. New

old generation ardently welcomes new breed accedes hopefully a new perspective of life only to be ostracized Inspired by the prompt “Old and New” of Weekly Tanka Challenge #39. This is also my submission towards Day 11...

#5lines, #generation, #life, #micropoetry, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #new, #old, #perspective, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #weeklytankachallenge -39

08 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 8: Desires

The prompt for the eighth day of NaPoWrimo/GloPoWrimo is to write a poem that relies on repetition. It can be repetition of a phrase, or just a word. I have given weightage to a phrase. Infinite desires Myriad aspirations Some...

#aspiration, #character, #desire, #injustice, #mind, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #rules, #trapped

07 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 7: A Ring at the Beach

We have completed one week of NaPoWriMo today! In keeping with the fact that it’s the seventh day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, we have been challenged to write a poem about luck and fortuitousness. Basically, a poem birthing out of a...

#beach, #creativity, #humour, #ingenuity, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #ring

06 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 6: What you see in a Flower

This post is in response to the prompt given by NaPoWriMo for today. The prompt is to write a poem that looks at the same thing from various points of view. This is one of my favourite prompts so...

#feelings, #flowers, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #perspective, #poetrychallenge

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

04 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day4: Enigma

Todays is Day 4 of NaPoWriMo. The prompt today is to take inspiration from Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. The “enigma” of the title is widely believed to be a hidden melody that is not actually played, but which is tucked somehow...

#cuddle, #enigma, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #paws, #poetrychallenge, #smile

03 Apr

Elegy- My Eternal Love

Today is the third day of NaPoWriMo 2017. I have again experimented with a new form today as Maureen has prompted us to write an elegy – a poem that mourns or honors someone dead or something gone by. And...

#death, #dream, #elegy, #emotions, #feelings, #life, #love, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge, #promise, #truth

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

31 Mar

NaPoWriMo 2017

Good news! After a lot of thought and deliberation, I have finally resolved to commit myself to writing poetry everyday for a whole month. Yes! I have signed up for NaPoWriMo 2017. When I had started blogging in January last...

#commitment, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #poetrychallenge

31 Mar

Tanka: Light or Darkness

Benevolent God blessed me again a day to wake up to light Do I still lament darkness am I grateful today This Tanka is in response to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #27 which mandates using words “Light”...

#5lines, #darkness, #God, #grateful, #light, #micropoetry, #poetrychallenge, #tanka, #today

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