Dear Reader, I don’t have a poem today. While poem-ing has been my main occupation this month (from reading to writing verses), I am not much of a routine-person. It’s not a concept I enjoy. Being this way brings its own share of miseries, but not being this way will perhaps bring an unfathomable agony. …
To the God of Senile Men
Today's NaPoWriMo attempt is on a prompt I came across on Instagram. I may not be writing a poem every day, but poem-ing in April is definitely giving me a high. Thank you for reading. TO THE GOD OF SENILE MEN The peace lilies died by their windows, a couple more will do, please but …
HYPERMETROPIA- GloPoWriMo
Dear Readers, As promised, I am back much before my usual time, and the reason is the Global Poetry Writing Month. I've worked out some prompts for myself but unfortunately, today's poem is based on neither of those. It came to me as I sat thinking about my recent holiday where I met a couple …
The Ghosts of My Town
Dear Readers Another NaPoWriMo, another poetry craze! I'm enjoying the poems and prompts, but saving them for later. When it comes to poetry, Instagram is my favourite place. Some poets have been graciously sharing their creative process and that is inspiring. Recently, I also attended a poetry workshop by Rochelle Potkar. It was supposed to …
For All Seasons
I am late for Day 6 at NaPoWriMo but as they say better late than never. It's also Day 6 at A to Z Blogging Challenge. The prompt for Day 6 was a variation of an acrostic poem. But rather than spelling out a word with the first letters of each line, we were to …
CHILD
#NaPoWrimo Day 3; #AtoZChallenge Day 3. I almost missed this one. It was a difficult prompt for me and I’ll say it’s been a feeble attempt. So, how were we nudged! The poem today is a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to …
A Hundred Quills 