Solstice

I need to call my cousin, but she’s in a different time zone … better wait for an appropriate time when she is awake. Day and night move parallelly, but in different geographic locations.  What does an equal duration signify? We walk through our lives, live out our scripts - in unison or opposition. Ultimately, … Continue reading Solstice

April Lyrids

meteor showersApril Lyrids blessing skieson rare moonlit nightsI stand bare to receive graceon thirsty soil, parched for months https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/05/09/what-do-you-see-133-may-9-2022/

Whyquain – Beginnings and Endings

Whyquain A form invented on AllPoetry.com by Gloria Kim, aka Porphery.  It is a single verse of five iambic tetrameter lines in monorhyme which answers some asked or un-asked question. POEM why do we think in clean, straight linesor in a curve of some design?reach points - circles can't determinethoughts unhinged, in shapes redefinedAre we … Continue reading Whyquain – Beginnings and Endings

Showers

showers from the sky bring ephemeral petals twice in a blue moon in a whiter shade of pale absolutely fabulous https://dversepoets.com/2022/04/19/poetics-naming-the-rose/

Ideas Ebb and Flow – from Eugi’s Causerie

Eugenia's brilliant response to Reena's Xploration Challenge #225 migration of words strewn beyond aspiration rework in progress https://amanpan.com/2022/04/09/ideas-ebb-and-flow/

Destinations

diversionsdirect your life paths-what mattersis who placedobstacles en-routeto change your destinations https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/04/04/what-do-you-see-128-april-4-2022/

Kill-joy

fickle-mindednessdescribes generation gapsDo I rememberwhat I dreamt about in youthwhere have I finally reached?-graveyards of experience https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2022/03/29/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-251-shareyourday/

Still life

Still photographs are out. Videos are in. Friends, prospective employers, partners all want to see the vibrancy of a personality, not a frozen mood clicked from wrong angles. But this prompt took me back by two years. The lockdown had just started, and I enrolled in a charcoal drawing class online.  Placing still objects at … Continue reading Still life