Micropoetry

I envy the power of water, and its ability to switch forms. My hand has been scalded by steam. Application of ice provided some relief. And then, the doctor asked me to keep the hand away from water for some time. The same composition of hydrogen and oxygen has a different impact, in different physical … Continue reading Tangibility

We are celebrating Diwali - the festival of lights - this week in India. A simple senryu to honor the spirit. bright lights and the colorful designs hearts and souls shine   Weekly Haiku Senryu Poetry Challenge - 11 by Elsie Hagley (kiwinana)

I see and hear blunt arrows and calm children blindfolded peeps wonder what’s right or good I am in Devil’s country   Weekly Writing Prompt #111

minds calm down by descending in the blue lakes of your eyes   Ronovan Writes Haiku Poetry Challenge #171

I luxuriate in love, till rivalry casts shadows on the soul   Weekend Writing Propmt #24 by Sammi Cox

All that keeps welling up seeks a release. So does nature, and the release leads to a flood or storm. Is that pent up rage, mounting imbalance or the burden of human wrongdoing? The biggest mistake the Creator committed is to not give us a common language. The oceans, trees and other forms of life … Continue reading Imbalance

there are those days when nothing works the world is a haze full of crazy quirks the mad man smirks as I move ahead he counts bold fools, living and dead   Chaucerian Stanza for dversepoets

Eight steps past the menacing faces, I walk through the grass, with my boots strapped on. I would have loved to walk on the moist soil – barefoot – but insect bites lead to sickness later. A leafless tree stands defiantly alone, as green branches bend down to woo it. I am close to the … Continue reading The Drivers

Is that a robot or astronaut discovering a will to exist? what power does the world see in their bonded life in their pushed buttons their freedom to reach conclusions, but not to act and choose growth   Photo Challenge #184 at MLMM