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Double #Etheree #Poetry Challenge

Agreen girl, bubbling withadolescent quest for green mountainsand brooks that enticed her, walked away to explore forests of pines and deodarsand Mother Nature’s blessings awaitedin the form of a translucent treehouse.…  A dream come true, a loving reminder that Mother… More

Hope is too Far…

The Artist Just one cloud clamors to hold the rays of dawn, waking up sky from its dreams. More clouds gather to celebrate the brilliance of an artist who works diligently to create new designs each… More

#ThemePrompt – Crown #Cinquain

Lessons from Nature first rayspercolate downto enlighten the soulcelestial light inspires to livewith hope learn hope from wind that chimes to add her melodies to aspirations that dithersometimes Willowsabsorb the griefbend but refuse to breakresilience is a virtue… More

#Ekphrastic #Poetry Challenge

Today’s challenge explores Ekphrastic poetry,  inspired by visual art or photographs. Reena provided a piece of her artwork for this month’s challenge. Thanks to Colleen for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry. I chose a… More

#SpecificForm #Poetry #Challenge

This week, the challenge is “specific form” selected by Yvette Calleiro. This form is a stanza of eleven lines, four syllables each line. (called 4 – 11) The beginning line repeats as the last line.… More

#TankaTuesday #Syllabic #Poetry

Today’s poetry is inspired from Colleen’s poetry challenge, which gives the freedom to choose our own syllabic form but concentrate on a chakra color to feature in our poem. Please visit Word Craft Poetry to… More

Is it Creative Writing?

This post is inspired from some books, which I’ve read or dropped half-way recently.  I’ve been wondering when did this happen: A marked erosion of language in modern fiction and deteriorating standards of vocabulary. When… More

#Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt #Poetry

A Sonnet has always scared me, I’ve never tried to write it. Then I came across ‘Blason.’ (Thanks to Colleen and her gang of poets in the blogosphere.) A Blason is a genre of poetry… More

Specific Form #Poetry Challenge: Lanturne

I have never heard of this form yet I’ve tried to follow the guidelines to create a lanturne.The challenge has been given by Colleen (Word Craft Poetry #TankaTuesday) This week, we have to write a… More

#TankaTuesday #Poetry

draped in lustrous robes I merged with silvery sky breeze ruffled my hairecstatic, I looked aroundto ensure I was alive *** monsoon clouds cloak me joyful moments pause to viewwhen our dreams get wingscelestial artist unfoldssilvery… More