On this beautiful occasion of the 69th celebration of an independent India, I have a few verses of appreciation and dedication to all those writers and poets who own the liberty of expressing their words in a special way! Please comment your thoughts in the Comment Section and give your views on the poem, if any! Thank you! The Liberal Words … Continue reading The Liberal Words
He flies his tattered kite and runs barefoot through the pavement. The summer shines on his innocence as he smiles his way to assist his poor father in his rag picking work. Despite the hardwork, they are paid in alms. He accepts the gift of hardwork with a smile. His father gives his semi-orphan child a penny to dwell for the day. He runs with … Continue reading The Kite Runner!
A cup of hot and tempting brew, its taste lingering like a forever memory brings out the writer in me, brimmed with metaphors and a few similes and then a string of thoughts is born as I sip the coffee! – Amreen Shaikh Continue reading Poems over Coffee!
Love is such a beautiful feeling! To be in love is to fall in love with even the pettiest of things, bask in the glory of unheard tunes of love and feel those unseen butterflies under the belly. Oh, what a moment of mirth it is! I would love to share a few lines on Love and the beauty of it- Love lingers in … Continue reading Love it is
Hello! A Poem by Maya Angelou to lighten this weekend. I fell in love with this poem when I read it. Some people can be beautiful by just their words. A dedication to this wonderful lady! Happy weekend to all my readers and blogger friends 🙂 Caged Bird BY MAYA ANGELOU A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the … Continue reading Weekend Poetry
Greetings! Guys, excuse my absence. I will be back with a post to explain. Apologies! The Poetic Form of the Week is “Harrisham Rhyme“ Harrisham Rhyme, created by the female poet, Harrisham Minhas, belonging to the State of Punjab in India, of a six-line rhyming stanza. In this form, the last alphabet of the first word of each line is the first alphabet of the first … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Harrisham Rhyme
Greetings! The Poetic Form of this Week is Christ-in-a-Rhyme. The Christ-in-a-Rhyme, a shape poem of the spiriatual nature, was created by Christina R Jussaume on October 3, 2006, consists of five 3-lined stanza that must rhyme (scheme for this form is aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd, eee) and a syllable count of each stanza is as follows: Stanza 1 – 8 syllables Stanza 2 – 14 syllables Stanza 3 – 7 … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Christ-in-a-Rhyme
Greetings! The Poetic Form of the Week is Decuain. The Decuain (pronounced deck•won), created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a short poem made up of 10 lines, which can be written on any subject. There are 10 syllables per line and the poem is written in iambic pentameter. There are 3 set choices of rhyme scheme: ababbcbcaa, ababbcbcbb, or ababbcbccc For a longer Decuain poem, add more stanzas for … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Decuain
Greetings! It is Almost the end of this weekday and I am Sorry to all who wrote so well for the previous challenges and those who despite my absence, wrote for the poetic forms! I love you all 🙂 I need to explain my absence for this long time! I was not keeping well lately and have been down with taking blood tests and few … Continue reading “The Be Inspired Weekly” Writing Challenge #26
Greetings! The Poetic Form of the Week is Clarity Pyramid. The Clarity Pyramid is a poetry form designed and constructed by Jerry P. Quinn. A Clarity Pyramid is a poem consisting of two triplets and a single line (7 lines in all). Usually, this poem is center aligned when displayed. The first triplet has 1, 2, and 3 syllables. The title of the poem is the … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Clarity Pyramid
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