Robert Lindley Poet Verse

Shine With Your Naani

SHINE WITH YOUR NAANI

Fast  the travel, long the joyous trip
 fine is the progress,
the greatest race, 
set at spirit's own sweet pace


Life sends us on a mystery
starships speed far away
truth sets the pace,
destination reigns each day



Robert J. Lindley, 06-20-2014

Sponsor, nette onclaud 
Contest Name--------- SHINE WITH YOUR NAANI ! 
 
Contest Description  
here’s to another new form!...a Naani poem by Telugu poet, Dr. N. Gopi,
 has 4 lines… the total number of syllables in the poem are between 
20 to 25…the Naani has no set rhyme scheme, and no set syllable count
 per line… for this challenge, i would like us to:

*write a NEW poem including your name, contest title , and date of 
poem

 *create ONLY 2-3 stanzas with a total of  exactly 25 syllables per
 stanza

 *post it under verse category

 THE THEME IS: STAR/S…

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Poet Destroyer A July 4, 2014 at 10:10 AM Robert, Congratulations, in Nette's " SHINE WITH YOUR NAANI!!" Contest :) LINDA

Andrea Dietrich July 3, 2014 at 10:49 PM awesome how you made it into star travel. unique poem. Congrats for your win.

Nette Onclaud July 1, 2014 at 4:16 PM enjoyed the poetic journey of your universe, robert... thanks for gracing my contest and sweet congrats on your fine win.. huggs

Pandita Sietesantos July 1, 2014 at 1:52 PM Hi Robert - Bravo on your fine win - well deserved, my friend! This is such a lovely write! Robert Lindley July 1, 2014 at 4:14 PM Thank you Pandita. It was a challenging write too!

Mohan Chutani July 1, 2014 at 1:13 PM Robert, congrats for a fine win on nette's contest of shining naanis. Mohan Robert Lindley July 1, 2014 at 4:13 PM Thank you my friend!

Dr. Upma A. Sharma July 1, 2014 at 12:52 PM Great write Robert! Really Loved the part Destination reigns each day ! Big congrats huge win ! Robert Lindley July 1, 2014 at 4:12 PM A space exploration trip it would have to reign each day. Every day until arrival or else calamity would come.. Robert Lindley July 1, 2014 at 4:09 PM Thank you my friend!!

Nette Onclaud June 25, 2014 at 2:06 PM thank, robert.. kindly check syllable count... 25 syls per stanza.. best of luck!.. huggs Robert Lindley June 25, 2014 at 9:15 PM Thanks much , the syllable counter I previously used had shown it was correct 25 each stanza , with 50 as the total but the counter here showed it to be 56. I then modified my write to meet the syllable counter used here at this site.

Arlene Smith June 23, 2014 at 4:10 AM A beautifully written journey, Robert!.. Hugs.. Arlene Robert Lindley June 23, 2014 at 6:14 PM Thanks Arlene !

Paul Callus June 22, 2014 at 9:09 AM Hi Robert! Whatever mistakes we make, they contribute to the learning process; shame on us if it's otherwise! Your second stanza holds a lot of positivity. gl in contest. // paul Paul Callus July 1, 2014 at 11:56 AM Back for another read and with congrats on your fine win. Robert Lindley June 22, 2014 at 10:04 AM Thanks Paul. The bigger the mistake the greater the lesson learned. I've learned some really huge ones in my time..lol I never claimed to be perfect, just stubborn....