Emptiness

             Weekend Writing Prompt #17 – Emptiness

Poetry Challenge – Write a haiku on the theme of “emptiness”.


emptiness of water
is its immense strength
fills any shape

                     


Written for : Weekend Writing Prompt # 17 - Emptiness  

Indian summer

Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, August 23rd 2017, free-style haiku-ing

For this “free-style” challenge  the theme “Indian Summer”.

 zenith of surya

floral parasols open
sun-tan lotions sell


curtains remain shut
moneyed migrate to swiss alps
hoi-poloi indoors


iced chai,chill beer flow                    

ice-creams, golas, sherbet gulped

frozen salads chomped

china-clay jars clean
fragrant Indian spices
grandma's pickled treasure

Written for  : Heeding haiku with Chevrefeuille

Notes : Surya is Indian Sun-God

            Chai is tea

            Sherbet is indian lemonade

       

                                        china-clay jars for pickles

                                                Indian iced tea

Indian parasol

Blessings

               Weekly Writing Prompt #102

                       

                            
                                     (5) Words: | DRAGON | PROVIDE | HEART | FIELD | HAND |

                    Please feel free to substitute any of the words with a synonym.  


                             sun provides blessings
                           hands till riparian farms
                        warms Earth's heart and soul
                        father sows seed, Ma nurtures
                           they reap fruits in unison




Haiku (5 – 7 – 5)


Tanka (5 – 7 – 5 – 7 – 7)


Shadorma (3 – 5 – 3 – 3 – 7 – 5)
6 lines – no rhymes – multiple stanzas [your choice] – just follow meter


Villanelle (19 line poem[no word limit]–2 repeating rhymes & 2 refrains)… Excellent example is Dylan Thomas’s “Do not go gentle into that good night”


Nonet (9 – 8 – 7 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1) progression downward of syllables


Cinquain (2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2) five-line poem on any theme – syllables


’28’ Form (4 x 7) or (7 x 4) lines & syllables or lines


Free Verse – No Limitations

Note :  I have opted for the Tanka form of poetry. I have substituted dragon to Sun as both emit fire and heat. Ma means mother in Indian language.



Written for Weekly Writing Prompt # 102 , Secretkeeper.