Life Wars

Posted on by Reena Saxena

ECLIPSED

welcome the eclipse
hold ring of fire to ransom
what does it reveal
or conceal in rarity
curiosity
peaks as telescopes observe
relative movements
of Earth, Moon, and silent sky
dip into darkness
discover eternity
-Recalcitrant Sun

65 syllables – This is Choka minus 2 syllables 🙂

LIFE IS A BATTLE

Are you seen as a winner or loser?
Enjoy opportunities to reflect;
Happy birthdays bring all dear ones closer
Celebrate life – don’t rest
Don’t let milestones stop you
Count your victories, but revise benchmarks
Let chessboard squares look yellow, red or blue
Challenge storms, chase the sharks;
Let strategies emerge
from confrontations; not ingrained instincts
Appreciate innovation; don’t merge
with darkness; escape the hallowed precincts

Poetry form used is Barbee

  • It has a COUPLET rhyming pattern on the 2nd syllable of aabbccddeeffgg
  • and an end-rhyme CROSSED rhyming pattern of  ababcdcdefef
  • It is a poem of 12 lines and may be presented as the poet desires.
  • It is syllabic 10/10/10/6/6/10/10/6/6/10/10/10

Poem has 65 words, as desired by Colleen 🙂

Special Birthday Prompt – Tanka Tuesday

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