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!
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 Be Inspired is in its 27th Week and thanks to all those who have been writing for this challenge every week! 🙂 I am too busy with work and so the post for challenge was not put up since. Thanks to all the below writers for writing the “Clarity Pyramid” which was the challenge of previous week. “Live” by Eleni “There is no … Continue reading “The Be Inspired Weekly” Writing Challenge #27
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! Another Poet to thank! Congratulating KCarl for getting awarded with the Be Inspired Badge of Excellence & Creativity! KCarl is new to blogging and has always participated in the challenges and written some really amazing poems! I have liked her attempts at Poetry always and it motivates me to keep posting such challenges to read some amazing poems by writers! Visit KCarl’s Blog Have … Continue reading Well done KCarl! 🙂
Greetings All! I would like to thank Melissa Simpson for participating continuously in “The Be Inspired Weekly” Challenge and showing off her best of poetic talent. She has been like a poet with beauty, as she always has written poems associating an image with it and this unique talent was liked by many! She is a writer, as she says and through the Be Inspired … Continue reading Congratulations Melissa
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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