I have written a Blood Quill .It was invented in 2008 by Jim T. Henriksen . The Blood Quill form has two stanzas, each made of six lines. . Rhyming pattern is abcabc defdef, and rhythm pattern is 669669 669669. a sun kissed wide terracewith clobbered reedy soilin corners a splatter of wild greenin tiny crevicessway… Continue reading A Carte- Blanche
Memories of another day
I have written aRhyming Alliterisen, a form created by Udit Bhatia.RhymingALLITERISEN must have only 7 syllables in each line (isosyllabic) with aabbccd rhyme scheme and one alliteration per line. We are in the throes of monsoon season. It has been raining furiously. I felt nostalgic and remembered the rainy days of past when it was welcomed… Continue reading Memories of another day
Squiggly affair
This is a limerick on a person whose handwriting is a Mystery to decipher.His lists are a treasure hunt where we get all get weird clues to nowhere. Otherwise a perfection maniac,his written word is an alien script.😃 OCD he has everywherebut writes squiggly scribbles with flair twisted and twining letters run wildetching hieroglyphics for… Continue reading Squiggly affair
Lost sounds- a tanka
Image from https://roundglasssustain.com/species/sparrows Tiny sparrows robust were a common feature on the walls and courtyard of homes on summer gently hopping and twittering merrily. But sadly they seem to have dissappeared. And my joy knew no bounds when I heard that sound one day on my window -sill raking in lost memories of long summer… Continue reading Lost sounds- a tanka
Blank pages (an etheree)
Writing after ages,a gap perforced by life's turbulence. So I thought to pen whatI had been going through. Ihope to break the block . Fingers crossed🤞 .. quill for long dried up with dark crusty bluesfor Mind cannot find a lively Muselife's menagerie fails to fireblank white screens a mute flickerweary crisp sheets rustleto free… Continue reading Blank pages (an etheree)
24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 22, 2/20/24, Part I, Snow Becomes Rain (February 19 – March 4) Usui 雨水
Mu kigo words for the dodoistu below are spring thaw and melting snow seeds of sadness buried deepin frozen heart's icy keepcouched in a dormant slumberin its gloomy lair in spring thaw's appeasing wakefrosty hard barriers meltcaressed by hope's warm caressseeds arouse to life roots brave sprout through ice belowin thaw's embrace finding peaceseeds of… Continue reading 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 22, 2/20/24, Part I, Snow Becomes Rain (February 19 – March 4) Usui 雨水
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Feb. 24, 2024
Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “rhymes with ale.” My word for the prompt is Pale In the quiet of the night so pale, Where shadows whisper their silent tale, Moonlight bathes the world in silver hue, Revealing secrets old and new,Through the mist, a figure fades, Memories linger in the silent glades,… Continue reading The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Feb. 24, 2024
What do you see # 226- February 19, 2024
A utopian expanse of mesmerising dreams-Pristine and untouched by life's travails.Not blinded by its sharp glare,Or thwarted -by its cold silent shroud,Amidst this vast terrainA solitary path, a lone refrain.Footprints etched in transient grace,A journey traced, a soul's embrace.Each step a tale of hopes untold,Towards the peaks, where dreams unfold.The arduous climb to dreamy summitthat… Continue reading What do you see # 226- February 19, 2024
Wordless Wednesday
Let guilt and grievance of past not hamper your present that is also free from Future's vagaries Via: https://lindaghill.com/2024/02/21/one-liner-wednesday-weird/
Ovi Poetry Challenge 35:
In symphony of life's refrainKindness plays a melodic strain9A tune enchantigly humaneLulling a weary anguished soul. Kindness speaks in a silent tonguesIn simple acts, its anthem sungIn its embrace both old and youngChorus of compassion plays strong. So let us weave in every linepoetry of kindness divine-Its verses empathy defineHumanity's spirit set free. Via https://wp.me/p4y9jb-Idv
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