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 of NaPoWriMo.
Poetry
NaPoWriMo Day 10: Portrait of My Child
The prompt for the tenth day of NaPoWriMo is to write a poem that is a portrait of someone important to you. It doesn’t need to focus so much on what a person looks (or looked) like, as what they are or were. I’ve tried to draw a portrait of my five year old son, the...
NaPoWriMo Day 9: Prisoner of Time
Let’s rekindle the spirit of “Optimism”, our theme for the monthly feature , while adhering to the prompt of NaPoWriMo. Because today is the ninth day of NaPoWriMo, we have been challenged to write a nine-line poem. Here’s my offering for the day 🙂 When...
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 camouflaged in heart Some trodden by...
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 coincidence/accidental or unexpected...
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 I couldn’t resist writing for this. I’ve outlined poetically, twelve...
Tanka: Flowers
efflorescence spell flowers rejoice gift of spring never wailing fall preaching to live in moment surging ahead laugh and sing This post is in response to Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #28. The challenge is to use words “Laugh” and “Cry” or their synonyms in a...
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 a slice of the natural world that you...
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 into the composition through...