Poetry

Senryu: Dreams

  dreams are obsessions winged with belief and vision enriching vague life   The post follows the prompt “dreams & enriched” given by Elsie Hagley of Ramblings of a writer for the Weekly haiku-senryu challenge #9.  

Poem: A Desire…

Today I’ve penned down something in my native language- Hindi. These are actually afterthoughts of reading a Hindi poem.  I’ve given the English translation below my original poem.   इक ख़्वाहिश   ठंडी हवा के झोंके जब पेड़ों को सरसराहें यूँ लगे तुम्हारी...

Poem: Amazed at the “WHY” Maze

This is my second take on the prompt given by dVerse. The prompt was so intriguing that I couldn’t resist sharing all the questions that keep bothering me from time to time. Bjorn hosted the dVerse on Tuesday.  He was inspired by the “ he book of Questions” by Pablo...

Poem: A Reflective Trail

Bjorn is hosting the dVerse today.  He was inspired by the “ he book of Questions” by Pablo Neruda, to give us a prompt to write poems consisting only of questions. We should leave the answer to the reader. We can write a poem consisting of a single question or many....

Poem: I forgot to live

  Traversing the deserted memory lane treasuring glimpses of my childhood reminiscing shades of myself a sudden realization shuddered me I forgot to live     An immature amenable child I followed the path led by adults teenage soon followed glistening...

Poem: A Child’s Musings

Recently, a very disgraceful and heinous crime has been committed in my vicinity wherein a young seven-year-old boy was brutally murdered inside school premises. The incident has sent shock waves across the country. Since, I have two kids of the same age, I have been...