“I’m leaving. Words dance on blue paper, as tears create inkblots.” No. This sounds like the beginning of a vintage story. Who writes letters in this day and age? A message needs to be timed correctly. They should see it only when she is well beyond their reach. Her fear surprises her. Is she still … Continue reading Goodbye
Amaya hosts this week’s Poetics on dverse …. Taboo topics. Go ahead and explore.
Peek-a-taboo, I see you! Tonight we are going to turn the pub into a psychological strip club as we bare it all. Welcome! I’m your host, Amaya Engleking.
What is considered to be taboo certainly depends upon the wider cultural context in which the subject is broached. As I was checking the dVerse archives to see the last time the subject of ‘taboo’ was used for a prompt, I saw that in 2011 the prompt writer gave the examples of sex, politics, and religion for what are considered to be “don’t-go-there” topics in polite Western societal discourse. Maybe one wouldn’t want to get too into championing the cause of the proletariat at a Fourth of July block party, but I’d surmise that as poets we are almost expected (and counted on) to write about these three so-called banned topics. And maybe times are indeed a’ changin’ because it…
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Oops! I did it again ….by Punam
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Yes, we had to start from somewhere
Yes, it is okay to have a day to mark that beginning
But for humanity’s sake stop mouthing stale platitudes!
Let the moth-eaten adjectives that you air once a year
remain in your dusty, masculine cupboard
I am much more than the curve of my breast or the size of my butt
but you are myopic, visualizing me just as an object
correct this glitch in your thinking circuit
this one day of paean singing combined with putting on pedestal
is trust me, just tokenism and you know it too!
And you! You who body-shame,
age-shame and deride your sisters
pass judgements from the comfort of your position
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freshness of outlook makes me what I am propels me ahead to unknown destinations How I wish mornings did not carry burdens of past nights feet not shackled by lost battles failures and slights How I wish I could carve a day with a new Sun on a new planet partner with aliens … Continue reading Unburdened
It was big then. But her influence eroded over time. all that I valued, admired changed forms lies pulverised at the feet of those I used to abhor fame scares… It is history, and history can be rewritten. interpretations live neither aspirations nor actions I cannot change the world worlds can change me What kind … Continue reading Deception
Indira explores vulnerability …
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #125
You think she is vulnerable
she needs to be protected
you forget
when you were vulnerable
in her womb
she protected you with all her might
till you became independent
then you forgot
and started treating her badly
perhaps the fact
that your very existence
depends on her
makes you hate her
as people hate most
on whom they are dependent
’cause they remind them
of their own
vulnerability
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song of silence vision in darkness taste of winds smell of solitude propels someone caresses my soul in this desolate place and it is certainly not hell I think Nirvana is near If I keep floating in ether but cannot tell… https://amanpan.com/2020/03/09/eugis-weekly-prompt-song-march-9-2020/
dissolution in the unknown disowning all I’ve ever owned discarding heavy feet skies do I meet turbulent greys recede colors meet and greet dissolution in the unknown disowning all I’ve ever owned rainbows have shades not seen in a paintbox I’ll mix and match more for the ultimate detox dissolution in … Continue reading Dissolution
a mind stir propels awakens the dormant catalyses action creates forward motion yet scares … when I know not what lies within what monsters I awaken or goodness I invoke I’d rather show new paths to follow be better than one has ever been https://dversepoets.com/2020/03/09/quadrille-99-poems-stirred-not-shaken/
Like it was meant to be, by Aishwarya
I ain’t your superior,
Not your equal,
Never your inferior,
While I created you,
And you fathered me,
We were created,
Neither to dominate,
Nor to be subservient,
Two different versions of the same creation,
Meant to co-exist,
Neither I seek your condemnation,
Nor your appreciation,
Two different purposes on the same journey,
Meant to illuminate the darkness,
Hold the light,
Not to compete,
Only to complement,
Nature created us to share her space,
Not to hold daggers at each other’s throat,
And put the other down,
We seek each other,
Neither superior,
Nor equal,
Never inferior,
Two different sides,
Like it was meant to be.
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Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for running the Reena’s Exploration Challenge #125. For rules please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.
