#society - Verses and Hues

30 Sep

An open letter

An open letter to everyone who has touched my life in any manner. To all those people who tried to decimate my spirits To all those who criticized me for my actions To all those who preferred to...

#apology, #bias, #emotions, #experience, #forgive, #forgiveness, #letter, #life, #openletter, #outburst, #reflections, #society, #thoughts

20 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 20: Obnoxious Men

Our prompt for the day takes its cue from Notley’s rebelliousness, and asks to write a poem that involves rebellion in some way. The speaker or subject of the poem could defy a rule or stricture that’s been placed...

#childrem, #crime, #dignity, #hatred, #men, #napo, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #poem, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #rape, #respect, #social issues, #society, #suspect, #thoughts, #victim, #womanhood, #women, #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

21 Nov

Poem: Please Don’t Judge Me!

I enjoy some tasks But I detest others too I can work all day But I respite some days too I value your concern But please don’t judge me! I like to be modest But I...

#assessment, #care, #concern, #depression, #evaluation, #feelings, #inspiration, #judge, #judgemental, #life, #opinion, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #pressure, #privacy, #rational, #society, #stress, #thoughts, #value, #views, #words

25 Oct

Poem: Mask

Mish is hosting dVerse Poetics today. For today’s prompt, she’d like us to focus on metaphorical masks, or psychological masks, so to speak. Here’s my take at it: Hey you! Yes! I am talking to you Not the one...

#burden, #conceal, #content, #disgrace, #dVerse, #emotions, #feelings, #freeverse, #hidden, #humour, #life, #mask, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #politics, #rhyming, #sattire, #self, #social, #society, #trapped, #truth

24 Oct

Can we stop judging a woman’s morality?

I witnessed a very unpleasant episode yesterday where I saw a very resilient and independent woman in a pool of tears. It was the most unexpected reaction from a woman of her ability and character that left me...

#accountability, #Courage, #humanity, #intriguing, #judge, #life, #life’s lessons, #love, #morality, #motivation, #questions, #responsibility, #rights, #romance, #society, #story, #woman, #woman empowerment, #women, #writing

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