Room with a view

I left a few things behind Will you pack those for me?   devices I can’t live without hand-held, and the one on the shelf my bottle of perfume cheek and lip stains a bunch of keys you never knew where they led   I’ve carried the credit cards you may chuck out the rest … Continue reading Room with a view

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

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/

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/

A choice and a right

I wonder about the hidden message behind the inventor of gravity creating defiant forces   -trees that grow -organisms that swim -birds that fly -clouds that float, and choose their time to meet the Earth   to rise is a choice a right we can’t forego https://dversepoets.com/2019/04/22/quadrille-78-rise/

Learning

I came, I saw, I thought I conquered The world remained so indifferent -eyes shut   i put out my hardest best a few smiles, some accolades I got   i strived hard, a little more there was always so much to learn -I’m glad   i observed, I analysed i chucked out – all … Continue reading Learning

Callow

is it fascination or hallucination I’m young, I don’t know   is it worship or relationship I’m young, let it all flow   just an appreciative token I’m heartbroken I’m learning, I’ll let it go   I know what I need No fancy or greed I can wait, I’ve to grow https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/04/19/music-challenge-48-show-me-what-im-looking-for-by-carolina-liar/

Reflections so clever

light and shade overlap giving new dimensions to co-existence expanding vision enthralling viewers with choice   I touch rays which make my soul glow in the dark I feel the sorrow of negativity taking flight from inhospitable terrains inside me   reflections clever change me forever https://scvincent.com/2019/04/18/thursday-photo-prompt-beyond-writephoto/

World within

The Haunted Wordsmith asks us to write a haiku-sonnet this week. Haiku-Sonnet - The basic premise of the haiku sonnet is simple: 4 3-liner haiku plus a couplet of either 5 or 7 syllables adds up to 14 lines, the same number of lines found in a sonnet it makes me sad – why it … Continue reading World within