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Archives for October 2023

Man’s Search For Meaning

October 30, 2023 by SUMMER LOTUS 1 Comment

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.

Filed Under: poetry

A Haiku Poem

October 30, 2023 by SUMMER LOTUS Leave a Comment

30th Oct 2023. 1 min read

A crane stands robust

Amidst the gleaming river

Alone and yet tough

– – – – – – – – – – –

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

Filed Under: poetry

A Senryu Poem

October 21, 2023 by SUMMER LOTUS 1 Comment

21st Oct 2023. 1 min read

What is good for you

Is not what you like to do

Do it anyway

~~~~~~~~~

Notes;

  • A Senryu poem is a three-line unrhymed Japanese poetic form similar to haiku usually in a satiric or ironic vein. 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.
  • But Haiku evokes images in the natural world, a moment in time, an enlightenment

Filed Under: poetry

Ode To Poetry

October 13, 2023 by SUMMER LOTUS 1 Comment

( 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

Filed Under: poetry

A Senryu Poem

October 9, 2023 by SUMMER LOTUS Leave a Comment

10th Oct 2023. 1 min read

rumination of the day…

Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

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)

Filed Under: poetry

A Random Poem

October 9, 2023 by SUMMER LOTUS 1 Comment

10th Oct 2023. 1 min read

Summer Lotus

Published in the sweet life on medium

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

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

Filed Under: poetry

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