Kids killed in war?

don't dunksoaring spiritsin dark, boiling liquidsthey need aerial views to buildnew worldsdon't feed them to hungry vulturesnever ending fire streamsrespect rights tolive, dream https://amanpan.com/eugis-causerie-soaring-march-22-2022/

Savageness

holding a face very familiar in my hands I feel apprehensive of what I will encounter behind the known mask rawness of emotion is so scary -I don another mask to counter savageness of the real, untested you and me https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/03/21/what-do-you-see-126-march-21st-2022/

In a flash

This is in response to Eugi's Weekly Prompt - Faraway That faraway look holds the potential to reveal quite a lot. Looking  left up, right up or downwards is an indicator of parts of memory being accessed, or new ones manufactured. It gives me a sense of power, short-lived. Who has ever stopped the train … Continue reading In a flash

Blood Quill

The poetry form chosen is Blood Quill. Two stanzas of six lines each - Syllables 6-6-9-6-6-9 - Rhyme abcabc defdef a dance of merriment to please parched minds and soul seeking relief from scorched earth and sun -it's only a statement we are alive and whole -connected to share, we all are one strength revels … Continue reading Blood Quill

Musings

Putting the alphabets together in several different combinations, do not lend the right words to become building blocks of stories. She realizes that repetition of some alphabets is necessary to make sense. One needs to allow them to collaborate, to become meaningful enough to express your thoughts. Did we invent language, or only the alphabet? … Continue reading Musings

The Power of 10

I choose to write in both the syllabic poetry forms specified by Laura Bloomsbury in MTB - Numbering Ten THE DECUAIN when you meet awesomeness, acknowledge it I wonder why some people criticize life opens windows to learn, don't miss it if you can master something, why surmise for all I know, it's envy in … Continue reading The Power of 10

English Doha

A doha is a couplet consisting of two lines, each of 24 instants called 'Matras'. Each line has 13 instants in first part and 11 instants in the second. The first and third quarters of doha have 13 instants which must parse as 6-4-3. Source: Wikipedia Epics like the Ramayana tell a whole story in … Continue reading English Doha

Let me lie low

let me lie low, when I'm at peacelet me not my anger releaseI don't want suppressed rage to showmy dark side- to do as I pleaseI'm silent, no tantrums to throwwhen I'm at peace, let me lie low https://dversepoets.com/2022/02/24/poetry-form-sparrowlet/ https://dversepoets.com/2022/03/03/dverse-open-link-night-311-golden-wait/

Cold mountain

Mountains are designed to be cold. They make me feel dwarfed and inconsequential. Then, I pity their immobility. I’m blessed with flexibility to move, change my position, escape from things I don’t like.  Yet, mountains intimidate. They drop a rock here and there to demonstrate power. The uncertainty dwarfs my mindset again.  I’d like to … Continue reading Cold mountain