This post is in response to Limerick Challenge Week 35, hosted by Mind and Life matters. This week’s prompt is “trust”, which must be used in first, second or fifth line. Here’s my take on it: The race of life we ought to run It might be hazy, but soon it’ll be...
Tanka is a poetry form which originated in Japan more than 13 centuries ago. Tanka, translated, means “short song.” It is similar to haiku in that there are specific numbers of syllables for each line of the poem and they often discuss the same topics of emotions,...
I have written prose poetry this time. Hope you like it! Deserting me in solitude, With arrogance and attitude, Abandoning signs of gratitude, Tormenting me like destitute, Swearing never to return, How could he even yearn? My heart was...
Thoughts of future whirled my mind, Pain of past seized my steps behind, Past was a curse, Future looked worse, Yet my heart led the path for a fate redefined!
The ship of my life was about to sink, My courage abandoned me without a wink, My future looked obscure, I could see no cure, Yet my faith in Almighty was eternally pure! He had planned the best for me, I knew He loved me, He wanted me to succeed, But in...
Today, I have used a tool called "Lipogram". Lipogram is a kind of constrained writing in which you restrict the use of certain letters usually a common vowel. It is much more difficult to avoid common letters like E, T, or A, as the author/poet must omit many...
This poem is based on a prompt that requires "conceit" to be used as a poetic tool. A poetic conceit is often an unconventional, logically complex, or surprising metaphor whose delights are more intellectual than sensual. In metaphor, we try to...
This post is in response to Limerick Challenge Week 28 hosted by @mindandlifematters. The prompt for this week’s challenge is ‘Rain’ and the limerick should include the word ‘Rain’ in either Line 1, 2 or 5. So, here's my attempt at it. Thunderous clouds...
This post is based on prompts given on Day 9 of Poetry 101 course of Blogging University. We are required to write a poem on landscape or any of its elements. The poetic device suggested is Apostrophe. It occurs when the speaker in the poem addresses another person or...