#thoughts - Verses and Hues

09 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo Day 9: Things that make life meaningful

Here’s the prompt for Day 9: Our (optional) prompt for the day asks you to engage in another kind of cross-cultural exercise, as it is inspired by the work of Sei Shonagon, a Japanese writer who lived more than...

#feelings, #glad, #grateful, #joy, #life, #meaning, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #thoughts

07 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 7: What I want to gift myself

The prompt for the day is inspired by McKibbens, who posted these thoughts on her Twitter account a few months back: What do you deserve? Name it. All of it. What are you ready to let go of? Name...

#blessings, #deserve, #expectations, #feelings, #gift, #gratitude, #life, #musings, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #relax, #self, #thoughts, #wishes

06 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 6: If…

Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem of the possible. What does that mean? Well, take a look at these poems by Raena Shirali and Rachel Mennies. Both poems are squarely focused not on what has...

#answers, #chances, #desire, #destiny, #feelings, #if, #imagination, #inspiration, #inspire, #life, #motivation, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #possibility, #possible, #questions, #thoughts, #transformation, #wish, blog

03 Apr

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 3: Elapsed Time

Today’s prompt is based in a poem by Larry Levis called “The Two Trees.” It is a poem that seems to meander, full of little digressions, odd bits of information, but fundamentally, it is a poem that takes time....

#age, #distance, #emotions, #feelings, #life, #long, #love, #mother, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2019, #poem, #poetry, #poetrychallenge, #regret, #thoughts, #time, #truth

29 Mar

Unsaid Words

You kill me everyday With words that you don’t say Some words of love and care That I’ve always longed to hear Some words that are a caution That I await before each fall Some words that make me...

#aspirations, #care, #expectations, #feelings, #introspect, #life, #love, #myself, #realize, #reflections, #regrets, #thoughts, #words, #writing, blog

27 Mar

It’s never too late to begin

It’s never too late to begin and we are never too old to set a new goal or chase our lost dreams. Regrets have become a part of our nature. We often keep resenting our lost opportunities but we...

#attitude, #beginning, #belief, #believe, #confidence, #failures, #fears, #inspiration, #life, #motivation, #musings, #opportunities, #past, #regrets, #rise, #surge, #thoughts

30 May

Poem: I am a Solitary Reaper

A solitary reaper in the cage of life I was frantically foraging my identity You appeared adoringly to avow your love And I discerned you were the true purpose of my life O dear! I...

#alone, #feelings, #forlorn, #freedom, #isolation, #liberty, #life, #lonely, #poem, #poetry101, #poetrychallenge, #solitary, #solitude, #strength, #thoughts, #vigor, #vitality, #words

30 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 30: The World of Words

Yay! Finally we have reached the end of the journey with pride, elation, learning and growth! Thanks to Maureen for this stupendous journey. The challenge today is to write a poem that engages with a strange and fascinating fact....

#author, #book, #books, #fact, #facts, #feelings, #napo, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #publish, #publisher, #reader, #thoughts, #trivia, #words, #writer, #writing

28 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 28: A Letter to my Younger self

The challenge of NaPoWriMo today is to draft a prose poem in the form/style of a postcard. I’ve written a post card poem in the form of a letter to my younger self. Something that has been on my...

#advice, #dreams, #elder, #faith, #feelings, #inspiration, #letter, #life, #napo, #NaPoWriMo, #NaPoWriMo2017, #NaPoWriMo2018, #poem, #poetics, #poetrychallenge, #postcard, #self, #thoughts, #words, #young, #youth

27 Apr

NaPoWriMo Day 27: The Magical Words

NaPoWriMo challenge for today is to pick any tarot card and then to write a poem inspired either by the card or by the images or ideas that are associated with it. I have chosen the card of “The Magician”...

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