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30th Oct 2023. 1 min read
We are soldiers in our own way
Marching on every single day
Looking for things to fulfil our lives
Whether we make merry or otherwise
Along the way, you find your thrills
You fall in love and develop your skills
Then you find some meaning to live
Excited that you have some gifts
Hopefully they bring love and laughter to everyone
Then sit back for now as one’s good work is done.
30th Oct 2023. 1 min read
A crane stands robust
Amidst the gleaming river
Alone and yet tough
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Features of a Haiku poem;
1 There are no more than 17 syllables.
2 Haiku is composed of only 3 lines.
3 Typically, first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third has 5 syllables.
4 It is a short, unrhymed poem
5 A Moment in time, an enlightenment
21st Oct 2023. 1 min read
What is good for you
Is not what you like to do
Do it anyway
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Notes;
( published in The Power of Poetry)
13th Oct 2023. 1 min read
While everything around me renew
They continue to tempt me at every venue
The clothes, the food, the colours
Make my mind boggle
To Spend and add another object
And expand my already burgeoning closet
Let me say my peace
It may make many displeased
A thing that seems so novel
Would become transient and temporal
But Poetry which is the real deal
Especially when written with heart, soul and feel
Poetry brings out the element,
excellence and the essence of life
Those who love poetry will visualise, survive and thrive
10th Oct 2023. 1 min read
rumination of the day…
Stay calm at all times
In anger, your wit is naught
Avoid foolish acts
*(A senryu poem is a three-line unrhymed Japanese poetic form similar to haiku usually in a satiric or ironic vein. Haiku focuses on nature, senryu is concerned with human nature and its foibles).
Like Haiku, it consists of 17 syllables, divided over three lines in a 5 – 7 – 5 pattern)
Published in the sweet life on medium
I approached a young person for directions in a mall
A nice young man who seemed to be bored
I wanted to tell him the world out there is for him to explore
I would love to cajole him, to motivate and to implore
Waste no time, young man
Live as best as you can
But I dared not intrude
As it may be construed as rude
He has to make his own decision
To wake up from his delusion
To step out of his comfort zone
Out there one will feel alone
But hey there, YOLO
Get out there, life’s meant to be lived even if solo