तेरा प्यार / Your Love

  तेरे आने से पहले जो गुलिस्तां महकते हैं तेरे जाने के बाद वो मुरझा जाते हैं बहुत समझाया दिल को मगर न जाने क्यूँ आँखों से आँसू आ ही जाते हैं                                     ©वन्दना भसीन   English Translation:   The gardens that efflorescence at the news of your arrival Wither away silently as you go … Read more

Hues of Love

Love comes in many forms. And with love, come responsibilities, expectations and an overflow of emotions. Moments of happiness are soon followed by bouts of solitude despite being in a crowd. The words, the actions and the reactions of our loved ones, start controlling our mood swings. Yet, many a times, we take our loved … Read more

NaPoWriMo/ GloPoWriMo Day 12: Your love letters

Today, the challenge is to write a poem about a dull thing that you own, and why (and how) you love it. Alternatively, what would it mean to you to give away or destroy a significant object.   Your love letters A cool winter morning, when Sun decided to unwind When a gush of polar … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 29: Reincarnation of Love

I am off prompt today due to some urgent personal commitment! But here’s what I could manage to write. Poem: Reincarnation of Love   We pursuit love in this whole world We expect love from everyone we love But do we ever take a peek inside us Do we ever think of loving our own … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 19: Erasure Poetry

Today the challenge is to write a paragraph that briefly recounts a story, describes the scene outside your window, or even gives directions from your house to the grocery store. Now try erasing words from this paragraph to create a poem or, alternatively, use the words of your paragraph to build a new poem. So, … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 9: Someone in Love

The challenge of NaPoWriMo today is to write a poem in which something big and something small come together. Here’s what I came up with. I’ll reveal my metaphors for big and small in the end, while I’m sure you’ll be able to guess by then 🙂                 … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 2: Shades of Love

Today is second day of NaPoWriMo.The prompt today is to write a poem that plays with voice. For example, you might try writing a stanza that recounts something in the first-person, followed by a stanza recounting the same incident in the second-person, followed by a stanza that treats the incident from a third-person point of … Read more

Love of my Life

  I remember the day when our eyes met first time A trace of shiver ran down my spine I couldn’t take my eyes off your smiling face I then realized what was “love at first sight”     Your thoughts shadowed me night and day Your eyes eclipsed me in every way I craved … Read more