observing mother
learned lessons of love and care
and sacrifices
hoped when I’d be a mother
I’ll pass on same to my kids
my daughter with her daughter
Category Archives: Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 109 – Mystery & Pondering
Pondering over
How some think themselves perfect
And look down others
It’s a mystery to resolve
Or they need a good shaking
#Weekly Tanka Prompt#Poetry Challenge- Week 107- Participate and Grooming
participation
in any event needs
well grooming
for which
my elder sister was
hell-bent
to train me
for a dance show
but on the final show
I fumbled all my steps
to her disappointment and
to the confirmation
that I have two left feet
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 106 – Enjoying & Pleasures
enjoying a lot
the company of kittens
their concerned mother
watches us from a distance
pleasure she accepted us
Peace & Happiness
Peace is within reach
Just let others live in peace
Don’t overreact
Be grateful for your blessings
acquiring peace is happiness
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 104 – Beauty & Monument
Tajmahal
Monument of love
God knows what secrets it hides
Behind its grandeur
Beauty it reflects outside
Pain perhaps lies in its womb
COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 91, “MAGIC & GREEN,” #SYNONYMSONLY
The dry spell no more
rain god waves conjuring wand
sea water turns grey
the trees become fresh and bathed
making earth lush emerald
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need incantations
to put the unripened fruits
back where they belonged
unluckily plucked in haste
before they were fully ripe
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 103 – Summer & Breeze
Free verse: Summer and Breeze
a long spell of summer
hot and haughty
humid and depressing
glaring Sun
sucking water from your body
leaving you
dehydrated
water scarcity
hits you hard
perched throats
yearn for
cold water
and some relief
all seasons
are importance
but living
happily
through
ten months summer
is tough
heart yearns for
a cool, comforting,
and
pleasant breeze
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 102 – Experience & Life
Tanka- Experience, and Life
when I look back at
life full experiences
where to go and share
everyone has its own
and if you are not famous
no one will pay any heed
#Weekly Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 100 – Celebrations & Century
Thanks, Elsie for your wonderful challenges which gave me something to think and made me try other types of poetry. I will miss these challenges.
Mother’s century
Though we could not celebrate
As she passed away
Three years before completing
Seeing her pain and discomfort
I prayed for her departure
Whom we love can’t see them in pain
( This is not a Tanka but had to add the last line)
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