well-concealed venom darkness of bright colors naïvete fails to see https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-april-24th-2019-something-different/
Diplomacy
What happened to Shupnakha
This is about three women from the epic Ramayan - Sita who has to walk through fire to prove her purity. Yet, she is banished to the forest a few years later with her sons, for an aspersion cast on her character by a washerman. Valmiki's Ramayan is written during her anonymous stay in the … Continue reading What happened to Shupnakha
Draupadi
For those not familiar with the story Draupadi was a princess married to five brothers (the personality of each symbolized a certain value), because their mother uttered the words “Share whatever you’ve got today.” She was humiliated in court with a stripping attempt, and where her husbands did not come to her rescue. The incident … Continue reading Draupadi
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #83- Perspective
Perspective ….. by Indira
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #83
Prompt – perceptive
everyone’s perspective is based on
their own experiences
we only have to have
some definite space
between us
where we can
agree to disagree on some points
without
anger
hatred
or, bitterness
without judging
each other
then
the world around us
changes
magically
becomes
more peaceful, and
friendly
Rising; Quadrille #78/dVerse
Rising
emerging from the darkness
eggs sawed open from inside
curled buds unfurling
shoots shouldering through the soil
rising requires work
pages unfold; leaves
proclaim to know the secrets
kept by dormant roots
darkness imagines colors
mysteries made visible
striving to the light
rooted, rising
***
Merrill is pulling the pints at d’Verse Pub today, and entreats us to, “Arise, dVerse Poets! Join in the quadrille fun: Write a poem, of any style in 44 words, not including the title. Include the word or derivative of the word, ‘rise’.” I had already written the middle two stanzas as a tanka so kept going with lines alternating 7 syllables, 5 syllables, ending with four syllables for the Quadrille word count. It’s called haiquadrikinda. (Kidding; it’s called recycling and repurposing)
Flock #67: circle home
at times
the disportment
of clouds
can be
difficult
to ignore
but the flock
this flock
has no need
to look up
we fly
on our gradual planes
and gradual
inclinations
the sky and its cloud
are too vast
we circle
our home
~
Ecstasy
ordinary is what defines extraordinary festivals and feasts -happy breaks -being ecstatic to be savoured and remembered we need to return at some point -not let it become an addiction -not let it become Ecstasy https://amanpan.com/2019/04/22/brewnspew-cafe-april-22-2019/
Mine, not yours
bejewelled or engraved symbols of me - not logos of your ownership https://iwriteher.com/2019/04/23/i-write-her-weekly-haiku-senryu-challenge-16/
Heaven on Earth
angels that bark lick and love -define devotion -lay #loyaltygoals -challenge religions to understand selfless living -teach humans unconditional love the more the merrier on my tour to heaven without dying I’ll live for them let them rule my mortal existence with immortal love https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/photo-challenge-260/
AI
“I don’t know if he brings wisdom from the universe, or is a student on a research project. But we have a lot to learn from each other.” “The first lesson you need to learn is not to let the other rule. It’s ok to be a subject of research, not an object to serve.” … Continue reading AI
