Greetings!
It is April and the month of Poetry. April is observed as the National Month of Poetry, also called as NaPoMo. I was keen on dedicating this month to Poetry and write a Poem every day, to celebrate the richness of this art form. I’ve always loved to express myself and Poetry was the best medium for me.
I have known that DP(Daily Post) conducts a writing challenge every week, so I decided to participate in this week and dedicate a poem to the challenge in regards to Poetry and I was surprised to know that DP too, was celebrating Poetry 🙂 So, here I have written a Poem called “The Purple Sponge”, it is an unusual poem title and the content showcases poetry as a purple sponge, where purple reflects royalty and gives an insight of how if poetry would have only been of the rich, what would life be like.
The Purple Sponge
What if poetry was a purple sponge-
the asset of the royal?
and fine words-
the legacy of the rich?
Then, thoughts would remain captive
within the beauty of material pleasures
and the world would be watered
with words wrung
from grandeur dreams.
.
.
.
And true happiness
would never be invented.
~~~ Amreen B. Shaikh
AKA The Versatile 
Interesting poem. I’m still not sure how to post a poem on the Poetry Blog. Can you help?? 😉
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Hey Thanks for your feedback! I appreciate it! I would like to know where you wish to post a poem to?
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Hi Amreen – the same place you posted yours!
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Ohk! You need to write a post (poem) for the challenge and copy the link of the dpchallenge (Daily Post) into your post, this creates a pingback. For your convenience, I will paste the link you need to copy into your post,
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_writing_challenge/poetry/
Copy the above link into your post to create a pingback and publish. Tag dpchallenge in your post, so your poem appears in the dpchallenge reader.
I hope I make sense
😉
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That’s very kind of you Amreen! I’ll try and do as you advise. Where are you? I’m in the UK.
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You’re Welcome Erik! Do send me a link when you post your poem 🙂
I am from India.
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Ah, such a spiritual country. 🙂
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Oh thanks 🙂 Have you been to India?
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Unfortunately, no. But I was very interested in Krishnamurti and saw him when he came here. Do you know about him?
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Ohk! Who Krishnamurti?
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One of India’s greatest spiritual teachers! Jiddu is his first name. Very deep, check him out.;-)
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Oh I will surely do that! 🙂
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I just read about him! He was considered as one of the world teacher.
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Yes, I reviewed one of his books on my blog.
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Ohh! Is it? I will surely have a read! 🙂
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I tried to post a poem about my cat on the poetry blog. Has it worked do you think? I pasted the URL you gave me into my text. Hope that’s right?
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Can you share me your poem link?
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I don’t think it’s worked. ;-( It’s on my blog.
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Hi Amreen
I still am unable to post a poem on daily poetry! Could you explain where I post my URL please and should it have the date attached like/2014/04/18? Sorry to bother you but wd be grateful for your help! 😉
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Hey there! No issues! I would be happy to help:)
You just have to copy the post link (of the challenge) into your post to create a pingback. And your yest. Poem was featuring in the poems:)
Let me know how it goes
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Ah, so my poem was in the list yesterday? I must be doing something right after all! 😉 Thanks again for your help.
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Yes, I messaged you as well about the appearance. I am glad I was of your help:)
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