NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 8 Poem: Do You Identify With Your Ego

ALS NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 8 Prompt: Ego and Love can/ cannot exist together “Let’s dive into another week of poetry with the two most acknowledged emotions- love and ego. Do you think they can co-exist? Does love stand in the way of ego or vice-versa? What is ego? Let your experience guide your pen in … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 7 Poem: Become Who You Are

ALS NaPoWriMo Day 7 Prompt: Today is World Health Day. And today being a Sunday, is a good day to talk about our health. Shakespeare said, “Our bodies are our gardens, our wills are our gardeners.” Even the great poet couldn’t refrain from harping on the value of good health. Show us your thoughts and … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 6 Poem: A moment that’s pre-sent (present)

ALS NaPoWriMo Day 6 Prompt: Being Present   Poem: A moment that’s pre-sent (present)   Past– a cage; future– an illusion The essence is the present moment of time A state of timelessness; no shackles, no constructs I seek to be an observer of my mind   No guilt, no shame, no regrets, no complains … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 5 Poem: The Nature’s Platter

ALS NaPoWriMo Day 5 Prompt:   Today, let us indulge our senses as we pen down our verses. So, your poem must include words to show visual (seeing), auditory (hearing), tactile (touch), gustatory (taste), or olfactory (smell) senses. Challenging? Don’t worry. You can use any three senses instead of five.   Poem: The Nature’s Platter … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 3 Poem: I Refuse to Choose Fear

ALS NaPoWriMo Day 3 Prompt:   Our life is the result of choices we make, and also the ones we choose not to make, but we always have a choice. ‘To be or not to be’ is also a choice. Let’s inspire ourselves and others around us today around the thought that we always have … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 2 Poem: The Thinker

ALS NaPoWriMo Day 2: Pictures- A Treasure of Past   The Prompt: Today, let’s take out some old pictures, some photographs gathering dust in the attic, some hidden in the old folders of the laptop, or some memories peeping in the phone gallery. Let those good and bad memories of past inspire you to write … Read more

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 1: Smiling Through Tears

ALS NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 1: Smile and Tears are a part of life   The Poetry Marathon begins! It’s the time of the year when the poets around the world, no matter how busy they are, steal some time to pen their thoughts everyday! It’s the National Poetry Writing Month! This is my 8th year of … Read more

Poem: Flowing with Life

The crimson ball of light sprinkled its hues in the sky A sense of tranquillity enveloped my heart The waves of the ocean drenched with Sun’s love Its enormity didn’t seem to deter the colors Astonished I stood at the sea shore How could they handle the magnanimity of their act The Sun, the moon, … Read more

NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 30 Poem: An End or a Beginning

ALS NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 30 Prompt: What a proud moment for all of us! What a poetic marathon for last 30 days! Super congratulations to all of you for writing as many poems as you could – be it 10, 20 or 30. Aren’t you proud of yourself for the collection that you’ve created over … Read more

NaPoWrimo Day 29: A Memo from God

ALS NaPoWriMo Day Prompt 29:  We all feel threatened by storms of failures and challenges, but there’s always a lesson hidden in them. Write a poem seeking inspiration from these words of Paulo Coelho – “Not all storms come to disrupt your life; some come to clear your path.”     The villanelle is a … Read more