Poem: Mask
Her smile held the key to one’s heart her eyes led a secret path her beauty enigmatic her speech seductive she could deceive anyone with her perfect mask
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Acrostic Quadrille: Echoes
The prompt given by dVerse is to write a quadrille using the word “echo/ echoes/ echoing”. I wanted more fun so decided to combine two forms of poetry to write an acrostic quadrille. An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular … Read more
Poem: Moments of Gratitude
Just before the day cedes to the darkness Just before the moon impounds the crown Just before the stars embellish the sky Just before the synthetic light ensues the natural light Just before the birds fly back home Just before the kids leave the dome Just before the evil drapes the darkness to accomplish its … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 27: Mom’s Classic Pie
The NaPoWriMo prompt for today is to write a poem that explores your sense of taste! This could be a poem about food, or wine, or even the oddly metallic sensation of a snowflake on your tongue. A visit to mom forever a delight her zesty food dipped with affection garnished by … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 16: A Letter to My Love
The prompt for Day 16 of NaPoWriMo is to take an inspiration from the act of letter-writing. The poem can be in the form of a letter to a person, place, or thing, or in the form of a back-and-forth correspondence. A Letter to My Love Dear love It’s been a long time truly a … Read more
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 … Read more
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 have personally experienced and optimally, one that you … Read more
Elegy- My Eternal Love
Today is the third day of NaPoWriMo 2017. I have again experimented with a new form today as Maureen has prompted us to write an elegy – a poem that mourns or honors someone dead or something gone by. And also to center the elegy on an unusual fact about the person or thing being mourned. … Read more
Recipe of a Delectable Marriage
Today is the second day of NaPoWriMo. The prompt for today is to write a poem inspired by, or in the form of, a recipe! It can be a recipe for something real, like your grandmother’s lemon chiffon cake, or for something imaginary, like a love potion or a spell. So, I started to pen down … Read more
Marriage
Marriage is a concord of love Marriage is a promise of trust Marriage fosters when ego departs Marriage blooms when understanding starts Marriage enlivens our spirit Marriage recasts our soul Marriage merits values Marriage lays new goals Marriage welcomes new phase in life Marriage is romance mingled with strife Marriage … Read more