Goodbye

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A goodbye isn't always sad,

To better things, some more will add,

Which will make us happy and glad.

*As a part of NaPoWriMo. #30

*The prompt by NaPoWriMo today was: "Today, as befits the final poem of NaPoWriMo, I challenge you to write a poem of farewell. It doesn’t have to be goodbye forever — like I said, NaPoWriMo will be back again next year. If you need a little inspiration, you might find some in perusing this selection of goodbye-and-good-luck poems from the Poetry Foundation website." 

*Also, do visit my friends who are participating in the challenge. You won't be disappointed.

http://andiwrite.com/ – Hrishikesh

http://janakinagaraj.com/ - Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/ – Jaibala

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/ - Naina

http://eccentriccontemplations.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ - Preeti

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://juztamom.blogspot.in/ – Sfurti

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/ – Vinay

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Z for Zest

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Finally, we end this challenge,

Thankfully, we could all manage.

Salute to everyone's beaming zest,

I know everyone gave their very best!

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to every A-Zeder and NaPoWriMoer. 

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Life - a poem?

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Life is a poem,

made up of a sea of tears; it is

an ugly sight, a silent scream,

a little bit salty, smelling a

little rotten, the touch of a 

thorn.

Life is a poem where

you can touch the 

smell, just like

Brad could touch 

his wife's perfume that lay

in her grave in Irvine.

Life is a poem,

made up of a sea of tears,

of happiness, smelling 

like freshly ground chutney - a

 little sweet, a little tangy,

a lot spicy.

Life is a poem,

of "all izzzz well".

Like a fierce  lion of bravery,

like a cold, dreadful sun,

like Brad eating a pizza

with chopsticks.

Life is a poem,

where Pooh dances to

the tunes of a 

ripped off Bollywood

number in the 

everlasting rain of Oregon.

Life is a poem,

where the earth 

will begin to move

 around the sun a lot 

faster than it does 

now. 

Life is a poem

like a sight,

a beautiful sight of 

a lovely crow

perched on a tree,

an ugly tree.

Life is a poem,

where Muchas gracias

overplays sorry. Like a

dog riding a big brown 

horse. Like a plant 

singing a happy tune.

Life -  a poem, or a prose, or a poetic prose?

*As a part of NaPoWriMo. #29

*The prompt by NaPoWriMo today was: "This may remind you a bit of the “New York School” recipe, but this prompt has been around for a long time. I remember using it in a college poetry class, and loving the result. It really forces you into details, and to work on “conducting” the poem as it grows, instead of trying to force the poem to be one thing or another in particular. The prompt is called the “Twenty Little Poetry Projects,” and was originally developed by Jim Simmerman. And here are the twenty little projects themselves — the challenge is to use them all in one poem:

1. Begin the poem with a metaphor.
2. Say something specific but utterly preposterous.
3. Use at least one image for each of the five senses, either in succession or scattered randomly throughout the poem.
4. Use one example of synesthesia (mixing the senses).
5. Use the proper name of a person and the proper name of a place.
6. Contradict something you said earlier in the poem.
7. Change direction or digress from the last thing you said.
8. Use a word (slang?) you’ve never seen in a poem.
9. Use an example of false cause-effect logic.
10. Use a piece of talk you’ve actually heard (preferably in dialect and/or which you don’t understand).
11. Create a metaphor using the following construction: “The (adjective) (concrete noun) of (abstract noun) . . .”
12. Use an image in such a way as to reverse its usual associative qualities.
13. Make the persona or character in the poem do something he or she could not do in “real life.”
14. Refer to yourself by nickname and in the third person.
15. Write in the future tense, such that part of the poem seems to be a prediction.
16. Modify a noun with an unlikely adjective.
17. Make a declarative assertion that sounds convincing but that finally makes no sense.
18. Use a phrase from a language other than English.
19. Make a non-human object say or do something human (personification).

20. Close the poem with a vivid image that makes no statement, but that “echoes” an image from earlier in the poem." 

*Also, do visit my friends who are participating in the challenge. You won't be disappointed.

http://andiwrite.com/ – Hrishikesh

http://janakinagaraj.com/ - Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/ – Jaibala

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/ - Naina

http://eccentriccontemplations.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ - Preeti

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://juztamom.blogspot.in/ – Sfurti

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/ – Vinay

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Y for Youth

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The youth have the utmost power,

To build a magnificent tower,

Made up of soaring aspirations,

That can build a nation with strong foundations.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to the youthful power. 

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Hitched!

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Clooney gets hitched!

Girls swooning over him,

Now feel their hopes grim,

As Amal has left him bewitched.

*As a part of NaPoWriMo. #28

*The prompt by NaPoWriMo today was: "Today I challenge you to find a news article, and to write a poem using (mostly, if not only) words from the article! You can repeat them, splice them, and rearrange them however you like. Although the vocabulary may be “just the facts,” your poem doesn’t have to be — it doesn’t even have to be about the subject of the news article itself." So, I used http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tabloid/george-clooney-engaged-report/article1-1212715.aspx

*Also, do visit my friends who are participating in the challenge. You won't be disappointed.

http://andiwrite.com/ – Hrishikesh

http://janakinagaraj.com/ - Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/ – Jaibala

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/ - Naina

http://eccentriccontemplations.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ - Preeti

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://juztamom.blogspot.in/ – Sfurti

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/ – Vinay

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X for X'd out

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You might be temporarily x'd out,

But, it is nothing to be proud about.

Drugs can harm your life,

It is a slow-death without a knife.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to every person who falls into the drug-trap. 

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Sidewalk

Source : NaPoWriMo website, Day 27

Covered in white,

Not a man in sight,

I am happy with delight,

Today, I suffer no plight,

Old footsteps turn light,

I, the sidewalk, lay happily quiet.

*As a part of NaPoWriMo. #27

*The prompt by NaPoWriMo today was: " Our early-bird prompt this year (on March 31) was an ekphrastic poem. This is something similar — a poem written from a photograph."

*Also, do visit my friends who are participating in the challenge. You won't be disappointed.

http://andiwrite.com/ – Hrishikesh

http://janakinagaraj.com/ - Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/ – Jaibala

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/ - Naina

http://eccentriccontemplations.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ - Preeti

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://juztamom.blogspot.in/ – Sfurti

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/ – Vinay

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