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Life seems slipping away Bit by bit, Day by day I seem to have no control, whatsoever, Over things happening with me or around, Was I ever in control earlier, I’m truly not sure A strange sense of fear envelops me everyday, Is it anxiety of being alive, or the fear of … Read more
Some days I’m not myselfbut still I am there, alive Some days I don’t feel like doing anythingbut still I end up doing all the chores Some days I don’t want to assess if everything is in orderbut then I rush to the grocery store Some days I’m not even interested in gossipbut neither … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 19: Today, our optional prompt challenges you to write a poem based on a “walking archive.” What’s that? Well, it’s when you go on a walk and gather up interesting thing – a flower, a strange piece of bark, a rock. This then becomes your “walking archive” – the physical instantiation of your … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 18: Our optional prompt for the day is to write an ode to life’s small pleasures. Perhaps it’s the first sip of your morning coffee. Or finding some money in the pockets of an old jacket. Discovering a bird’s nest in a lilac bush or just looking up at the sky and watching … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 10: Today’s prompt (optional, as always) is another one from the archives, first suggested to us by long-time Na/GloPoWriMo participant Vince Gotera. It’s the hay(na)ku). Created by the poet Eileen Tabios and named by Vince, the hay(na)ku is a variant on the haiku. A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 5: The challenge is to use/do all of the following in the same poem. Of course, if you can’t fit all twenty projects into your poem, or a few of them get your poem going, that is just fine too! Begin the poem with a metaphor. Say something specific but utterly preposterous. Use … Read more
NaPoWriMo Day 3: Today’s prompt (optional, as always) asks you to make use of our resource for the day. First, make a list of ten words. You can generate this list however you’d like – pull a book off the shelf and find ten words you like, name ten things you can see from where … Read more
The road in front of my house, That happily led my children to school, That carved the way through traffic, to offices, That even took me to my place of solace- my God’s abode I know it felt the weight unbearable, I know it got bruised many a times, I know it … Read more
The only secret ingredient of the recipe of a wonderful day is a good attitude 🙂 I might end my day with Fatigued body, Worn-out spirits, Exhausted mind, Petulance and Shattered hopes But I always begin it with Newfangled hopes, Exuberance, Invigorated mind, Energetic soul and Healthier body ©Vandana Bhasin
Eighty messages! I had left the phone unattended for only about an hour and it was loaded with messages. By this time, I was too tired to even open the app to check the sender’s names, so reading messages was out of question. Nor did I intend to fill my mind again … Read more