The Plum Tree
...The mothers spread a plum stained blanket
under the tree,
and lay the babies down,
patting their backs.
They listen for the sch,
dedh, t-te sounds
of plums dropping through leaves
and hittin...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch, life, mother, women,
Form: Free verse
Gotcha--Mia
...Gordy, my neighbor, used to play well-planned
Outrageous pranks, his fun at my expense.
Then I devised a scheme, rath...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch, food, funny, relationship,
Form: Acrostic
Weekend Warrior
...Why?
Why not!
Their point of view
Each Friday they drank
vengeance
every bottle drowned
another ache
Knights
shedding the end of a week
elegant shine
lost in devil may care
Needs
n...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch, addiction,
Form: Free verse
Leaving Sch
...Cos Nothing was forgone
I hate to b gone
Despite being Alone
Numerous four walls
Vast behaviors
Interesting activities, Funny abilities
In Military, wen a blanket is lost
Another is found; sol...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch, absence
Form: ABC
On Writing Poetry 1
...On Wring Poetry
Playing hide and seek with wee, wizard-like words ,
Baring heart and soul to garner the fare
Of a fairy-like or weary world as heard
And seen, to make up lines with a missio...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch,
Form: Rispetto
Days of Glory
...Days of glory
These days when women get tortured, torched and raped
In democracies deemed the most enlightened
Remember glorious days women once shaped,
Being empowered and liberated no end
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch, life, women,
Form: Rispetto
Diwali 1
...DIWALI
After the heat and then the rains
As a cool quietude starts to reign
Bringing into fraught lives more glee
Comes the day of lights, Diwali
Time, on fireworks and feasts, to splurge
L...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch, faith, happiness,
Form: Kyrielle
Light 1
...Light
Poets contemplated LIGHTso deep
Their repertoire had such a sweep
Though many were trite.
Physics went into a tizzy
Light's dual nature so fuzzy
Light was not that light.
01/Dec/12...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch, nature,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Poetry
...The poetry that emanates
From creative mind is like
A resplendent sun rising
From behind a horizon
Metre music metaphor
Cannot be separated in sch creation
As everything operate in unison
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sch, imagination, inspirational, on writing
Form: Free verse