tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3921679808556499932024-03-14T15:53:16.257+11:00The Poetry Wagon...Lost in the Myriad of Random Verses....Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.comBlogger289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-55324368776880424372017-01-25T14:31:00.001+11:002017-01-25T23:06:34.674+11:00[Palindrome] - Unheard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">herein lives, hopelessly
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">life delicate, hopelessly
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://thepoetrywagon.blogspot.com/2012/03/palindrome-midnight-blue.html">Midnight Blue</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my favorite Palindrome Poems that I found recently online is Doppleganger by J.A Lindon - <i><b><a href="http://stephenfrug.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/poem-of-day-l-lindons-doppleganger.html" rel="nofollow">Doppleganger</a>.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are different ways to write a Palindrome Poem - you can find more styles <a href="http://literarydevices.net/palindrome/">here</a></span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-49579763199718450962017-01-10T11:18:00.004+11:002017-01-10T11:18:53.620+11:00Flavor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is a fragment of Spring, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ever longing to leave,</span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-53703724009993833002016-09-15T00:21:00.000+10:002016-09-20T09:39:36.336+10:00Saccharine promises<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><i>Poetry Form: Terza Rima</i></span></div>
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A Terza Rima is a poem with an eleven syllable count in each line and a rhyming scheme of aba, bcb, cdc, dd.</div>
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<i>For even more of a challenge, try the Terza Rima Sonnet. This form of poem has an eleven syllable count in each line and a rhyming scheme of aba, bcb, cdc, ded, ee.</i></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-86985334047721009282016-07-31T21:23:00.000+10:002016-07-31T21:55:56.808+10:00Awaiting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I watched her pick </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">once in a while beckoning him, </span><br />
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-22277829626030383062016-02-11T00:16:00.000+11:002016-02-11T00:23:20.948+11:00Pristine Melancholia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>This blog has been lying dead since November. My muse ran away so I had no idea what to write about, but a discussion about poems in the morning sparked my good old love for formed poetry. Thanks Geetika :D So after hours of writing and re-writing and searching for proper rhyming words ... it's ready (You might think - Is that all you got!!) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Tadaaa... my first poem of 2016 - a form called Pantoum. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Wrapped in pristine melancholia,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>she awaits the end of time,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>whispering ‘neath a lone Acacia,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>long forgotten vanilla rhyme.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>She awaits the end of time,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>an apparition of once a bride,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>long forgotten vanilla rhyme </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>soars above the ebb of tide.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>An apparition of once a bride</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>for a thousand years and more,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>soars above the ebb of tide,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>they say awaiting a man of yore.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>For a thousand years and more</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>whispering ‘neath a lone Acacia,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>they say awaiting a man of yore,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>wrapped in pristine melancholia.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.com.au/">Magpie Tales</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Pantoum Poetry Form</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The pantoum consists of a series of quatrains rhyming ABAB in which the second and fourth lines of a quatrain recur as the first and third lines in the succeeding quatrain; each quatrain introduces a new second rhyme as BCBC, CDCD. The first line of the series recurs as the last line of the closing quatrain, and third line of the poem recurs as the second line of the closing quatrain, rhyming ZAZA.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The design is simple:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Line 3</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Line 4</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Line 5 (repeat of line 2)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Line 6</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Line 7 (repeat of line 4)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Line 8</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Continue with as many stanzas as you wish, but the ending stanzathen repeats the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza (as its first and third lines), and also repeats the third line of the first stanza, as its second line, and the first line of the first stanza as its fourth. So the first line of the poem is also the last.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Last stanza:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Line 2 of previous stanza</i></span></div>
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<i>Source: <a href="http://www.shadowpoetry.com/">Shadow Poetry</a></i></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-15028685971659771862015-11-22T19:33:00.000+11:002015-11-22T19:33:01.197+11:00Three Favourite Words<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was supposed to be fun Friday, yet I was working late,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">temperature soaring high, such terrible was my state,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sun was beyond horizon, and few stars were out too,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I stared at the exceptions, that Java abruptly threw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cleaners were long gone, errie was the milieu,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was that a random shadow, peeking from the loo,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ok that's enough, it was time to call it a day,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I would sure hallucinate, if more longer I stayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Caught a train back home, standing on the aisle,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">crawled a flight of stairs, dragging my tired profile,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the husband opened the door, even before I was steady,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and uttered my favourite words, "Honey, Dinner's Ready"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.blogadda.com/2015/11/20/wow-3-favorite-words-weekend-creative-writing-prompt" target="_blank">Writing for WOW - My 3 favourite Words</a></span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-37038278644018853682015-11-02T13:22:00.000+11:002015-11-02T16:10:27.562+11:00Guilty?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My pet left me a note last night,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on how callous I had become,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">that the virtual pet was more loved,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">than the real furry one,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of course I deny these allegations,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">you can ask my friends on cam,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Look, I received a thousand likes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When posted on Instagram.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.com.au/">Magpie Tales</a></span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-10007597009470415252015-10-26T23:18:00.000+11:002015-10-26T23:19:51.449+11:00Did you heart the rainbow?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When Maple turns copper,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and sky tangerine,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">sighs again a dandelion,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in every skip of a summer dream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While seasons keep unfolding,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">without a sideway glance,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Did you heart the rainbow?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For there's never a second chance.</span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-8197174497966175562015-09-16T18:43:00.000+10:002015-09-16T18:43:24.363+10:00The Handwritten Letter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> I once wrote letters, </i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in hues of deepest blue,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of stories wild and young, </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> imagery </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">too, I drew,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they sailed the seven seas,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stole kisses from billows,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and giggled within the walls </span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">painted pink and yellow.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sigh! </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> But it all stopped long ago,</i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the magic of the yore,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">still sometimes beckons the call,</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of words written no more.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Godmother Shailaja came up with <a href="https://blogarhythmblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/got-snail-mail-linkup-today/">SnailMail Challenge</a>, I jumped in. Not just because I am in love with the written word or the curves of my handwriting (that's narcissist me) , I felt it's a beautiful way to connect with fellow bloggers. I was picked to send a handwritten letter to the extremely talented - <a href="https://petrichorandclouds.wordpress.com/">Sreesha Divakaran</a>. T</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hrough the B-A-R FB group </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I became familiar with her blog and absolutely loved her poetry, not to mention she's an avid bookreader too. I almost spent a month figuring out what to write or send. Time had totally rusted my letter writing skills. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My letter sounded more like a mumbling of a random mind, so I drew a zentangle bookmark, a compensation for reading my mindless musings. This is the only picture I took before posting it. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly, the letter is on a world tour or still floating somewhere around the Indian Ocean as she hasn't received it yet. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I so wish I had taken proper pictures of the letter so that she could atleast read it virtually.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A month and a half ago I received an email from Rekha with screenshots of the letter she had snail-mailed me. I was delighted!! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her blog </span><a href="http://rekhadhyani.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dew Drops</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is a reader's delight. You will fall in love with the way she writes real life incidents with maturity and gentleness. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, life is not so kind on me. Her lovely handwritten letter hasn't reached me yet. But I haven't lost all hope and pray that it would find my mailbox someday.</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you so much <a href="http://rekhadhyani.com/2015/09/15/virus-alert-the-virus-of-insensitivity/">Rekha</a>. I would have loved being in the company of your daughter. We could have created a huge heap of paper mess :) And someday your bulky books on managing babies might come in handy :D </span><br />
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-41212159802855594192015-09-08T21:37:00.000+10:002015-09-08T22:20:09.656+10:00The Balcony<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Once laughter tumbled down her balcony,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> the dreams ran notoriously wild and free,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> serenading Orion and a gloomy gibbous moon,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Time often visits and stands still for a while,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> yearning for that electrifying smile,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Mum no longer makes piping Ginger tea,</span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-49755939507050242012015-08-12T20:42:00.001+10:002015-08-12T20:49:32.730+10:00Rainbow-less Dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I borrowed few more breaths,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from a smog of rainbow-less dreams,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">drenched in acidic scents of today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Was I blind or just a fool?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">slowly melting into vapours</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I borrowed few more breaths.</span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A moment more, I lay there still, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">and filled palette with surreal hues, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from a smog of rainbowless dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How long this pain can be nursed?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">the scars that even </span>time can't heal,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Poetry Form - <b>Cascade</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 18.66666603088379px; text-align: justify;">Cascade, a form created by </span><a href="mailto:uditbhatia186@hotmail.com" style="color: #283600; line-height: 18.66666603088379px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;">Udit Bhatia</a><span style="line-height: 18.66666603088379px; text-align: justify;">, is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem does not have any rhyme scheme; therefore, the layout is simple. Say the first verse has three lines. Line one of verse one becomes the last line of verse two. To follow in suit, the second line of verse one becomes the last line of verse three. The third line of verse one now becomes the last line of verse four, the last stanza of the poem. See the structure example below:</span></i></span></span><br />
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-36035272420747231122015-07-23T21:18:00.000+10:002015-07-23T21:20:51.683+10:00Unreachable!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Between bejewelled roof and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">cosmic miles A P A R T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She wondered, if her happiness too</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wiping the last remnant </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">she longingly gazed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">she too could walk out,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">escaping the songs of the day,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For a moment their eyes met,</span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-33896267292842617922015-06-04T22:09:00.000+10:002015-06-04T22:09:21.043+10:00Numb<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What do you know of the pain in my heart?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The smile, my friend, is a deceptive art,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>subtle distances, fractions apart,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>yet, you can't see the scars in my heart.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I lie, deaf, floating amidst vapours of past</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>dreams screams when promises depart,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What do you know of the pain in my heart?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wordy Wednesday Prompt - <a href="https://blogarhythmblog.wordpress.com/">Scream</a></span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-29991183064959368652015-03-08T21:32:00.001+11:002015-03-09T10:19:16.803+11:00Yo Woman... Fly High!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Well you see, I write my own songs,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the sky was always a little too small,</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to envelope the dreams that I conceive.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy International Women's Day </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--HBGIdkZzGQ/VPwld2YaSKI/AAAAAAAAYBc/IAGCGEBIiWA/s1600/clovelly%2Bbeach%2Bsunrise%2Bsydney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--HBGIdkZzGQ/VPwld2YaSKI/AAAAAAAAYBc/IAGCGEBIiWA/s1600/clovelly%2Bbeach%2Bsunrise%2Bsydney.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i> I loved how this picture defines how I feel... Totally High on Life!!!!</i></span></div>
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<i>Clicked at Clovelly Beach, Sydney</i></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-20792228440556419392015-02-25T11:49:00.000+11:002015-02-27T15:01:17.053+11:00Wordless Wednesday - Awaiting Dawn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Draped in hues of sinister blue, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the ocean, the skies, the milieu, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dawn would soon burst at the seams,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">following the whispers of a lost dream.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Maybe. </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ebN9osD2pAk/VOxpqX5QelI/AAAAAAAAX8g/JK05tUR2gdM/s1600/solitude.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ebN9osD2pAk/VOxpqX5QelI/AAAAAAAAX8g/JK05tUR2gdM/s1600/solitude.jpg" height="640" width="444" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Clicked at the beautiful Dee Why Beach</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com.au/">Wordless Wednesday</a></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com.au/">Skywatch Friday</a></span><br />
<a href="http://promisingpoetsparkinglot.blogspot.com/2015/02/hyde-park-thursday-poetry-rally-week-81.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Poet's Rally</span></a></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-63781242535162292832015-02-20T12:00:00.001+11:002015-02-20T12:00:56.422+11:00#1000Speak Compassion <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe there’s a world hidden,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from scornful eyes of WE,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where echoes electric
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And compassion runs free.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bestowed with immense power
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet WE choose to burn,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Acidic words, bathed in
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drowning in a lost cavern.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feel the slow lub-dub of
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When someone yearns to live,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the lone screams of depressed,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or warm breath on cold streets.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WE need a little more cheer,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Once
laughter echoed in our lives,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">now frozen
in memories of yore,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">when you
swayed with the breeze,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">while kisses
lingered in the air.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Oh I was
no dancer dear,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">on your feet, I
would step often,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">yet, you let
me take your hand,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and swirl
you to sweet songs olden.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Into
pieces, though my heart breaks,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">looking at
your forlorn eyes,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">not a
glimmer of recognition,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">or hint
of your electric smile.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But my
darling I'll hold you tight,</span></span></span></div>
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remind you of those moments far,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">how I
swirled you to songs olden,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">when
laughter echoed in our lives.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>I am extremely thankful to <a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.com.au/">Magpie Tales</a> for the picture prompts, because that's what keeping this blog running :) They are my muse :)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>Intoxicated
by Petrichor,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">blooms dance
in joyous grace,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">now drenched
in summer rain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made myself
a cup of tea,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and sat near
the window sill,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">intoxicated
by <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Petrichor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Curled in
blanket with a book,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">listening to
peaceful patter, while,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">blooms dance
in joyous grace,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh my!! how
could I forget,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the clothes
still hang outside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">now drenched
in summer rain.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Poetry Form - Cascade</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Cascade, a form created by Udit Bhatia, is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem does not have any rhyme scheme; therefore, the layout is simple. Say the first verse has three lines. Line one of verse one becomes the last line of verse two. To follow in suit, the second line of verse one becomes the last line of verse three. The third line of verse one now becomes the last line of verse four, the last stanza of the poem. See the structure example below:</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>a/b/c, d/e/A, f/g/B, h/i/C</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To make the Cascade an even longer poem, use more lines in verse one. For example, if verse one has 6 lines, the poem must have seven stanzas so that each line of verse one is reused as a refrain in each following stanza (a cascading effect) </i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Source - <a href="http://shadowpoetry.com/">Shadow Poetry</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Linking to <a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.com.au/">Magpie Tales</a></span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-75770748381534721012014-12-08T17:33:00.000+11:002014-12-08T17:33:32.176+11:00Hopefully!?!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was no blood nor </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">scars blue, just a broken heart,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">staring hopefully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.com.au/">Magpie Tales</a></span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-91284401881775730152014-11-26T13:34:00.001+11:002014-11-26T13:34:19.846+11:00Stormy Canvas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>An impassive white canvas stared back,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I looked on, fidgeting with the color palate,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>envisaging sunny hills and vibrant lilies?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Instead, I squeezed out lumps of grey and black,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>striking the paper with your broken promises,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>lying dead on rough cobbled roads.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>These stunted trees are not good enough,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Like me, you said, like me,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>My free spirit swept you away, far.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I let betrayal paint angry strokes,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>across the ruthless lonely sky,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>darkened by shadows of murky clouds,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the bristles were no longer smooth,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>nor the once white canvas,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>now indignantly staring back at me.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.com.au/">Magpie Tales</a></i></span></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-88719239260058817742014-11-11T23:01:00.000+11:002014-11-11T23:01:03.457+11:00Whispers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Whispers of her mind</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">often lost in dreamless nights,</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">full with shooting stars.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/">Haiku Horizon</a> prompt Full</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><i>A view of Darling Harbour</i></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-238732916261078992014-10-20T23:00:00.000+11:002014-10-20T23:00:07.995+11:00Yonder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Long forgotten are winding roads,<br /> And purple sunsets over oceans cold,<br /> I count the days in ticks and tocks,<br /> Kindling the fire with memories old.</span></b></div>
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<i> Clicked at Sea Cliff Bridge, Sydney</i></div>
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Rajlakshmihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05947753574286557864noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392167980855649993.post-84454768513903172362014-10-02T23:00:00.001+10:002014-10-02T23:00:45.819+10:00Copper Petals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today's post is inspired by two pictures. I was wondering what to write on the picture I took in Westmead when I came across Rochelle's <a href="http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/">Friday Fictioneers</a> and tang!! an idea was born :)</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I used to walk past it every evening. Never was there a day when I hadn't
felt a pinch in my heart. Those bright beautiful flowers would somehow make me
sink in deep abyss of emptiness. </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had watched her too, changing the bouquet every once in a while, gently tying
them to the pole. The dent on the wall was still visible. She would sometimes
sit there, long after sundown.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's been months since the flowers have dried. She was gone too. The wind
has blown away the copper petals and now, all that remains is a withered stem.</span></span></b></span></div>
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