Grey

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Tears roll down your cheeks.

You need to clog your leaks.

I hear you cry everyday.

You make my mood turn very grey.

Why is it that you don't stop?

Can I not ask for a swap?

A little bit of shine is all I need.

Should I get down on my knees and plead?

Can you please stop now?

Isn't it time yet, to say ciao?

Stop raining...

*As a part of NaPoWriMo. #26

*The prompt by NaPoWriMo today was: "Today’s prompt comes to us from Vince Gotera, who wrote his “family member” poem for Day 20 in the form of a curtal sonnet. As Vince explains, the curtal sonnet is shorter than the normal, fourteen line sonnet. Instead it has a first stanza of six lines, followed by a second stanza of four, and then closes with a half-line. The form was invented in the 1800s by Gerard Manley Hopkins, who used it in his famous poem “Pied Beauty”. So for today, I challenge you to give the curtal sonnet a whirl. It doesn’t need to rhyme — though it can if you like — and feel free to branch out beyond iambic pentameter." 

*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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W for Warmth

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A heart that has warmth,

Increases a person's mirth.

The heart that spreads love,

Gets a smile from above.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to everyone who has a warm heart. 

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I am you

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I am your dream. 

I am your nightmare.

I am your sanity.

I am your insanity.

I am you.

I am your happiness.

I am your sadness.

I am your love.

I am your hate

I am you.

I am your fear.

I am your courage.

I am your hope.

I am your despair.

I am you.

I am your body.

I am your soul.

I am your life.

I am your death.

I am you.

*As a part of NaPoWriMo. #25

*The prompt by NaPoWriMo today was: "Anaphora is a literary term for the practice of repeating certain words or phrases at the beginning of multiple clauses or, in the case of a poem, multiple lines. The phrase “A time to,” as used in the third Chapter of Ecclesiastes, is a good example of anaphora. But you don’t have to be the Old Testament (or a Byrds song) to use anaphora. Allen Ginsberg used it in Howl, for example. Thispost by Rebecca Hazelton on the Poetry Foundation’s blog gives other great examples of anaphora in action, from Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech to Homer Simpson. So today, I challenge you to write a poem that uses anaphora. Find a phrase, and stick with it — learn how far it can go." 

*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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V for Voting

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A vote can change a nation,

It helps build a strong foundation.

Voting is a right we must exercise,

If we don't want the system to further paralyse.

*As a part of A-Z Challenge. 

*Dedicated to every citizen of every country that follows democracy. 

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The Wall!

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I have spent my days with you, inside you.

You stare at me, blank, but I have to leave you.

You have been my company during the days,

that were red and some were blue.

You are white and so you will remain.

Not a mark on your pure white soul.

I will miss you, my bedroom wall.

For you have heard me laugh and heard me bawl.

*As a part of NaPoWriMo. #24

*The prompt by NaPoWriMo today was: "to write a poem that features walls, bricks, stones, arches, or the like. If that sounds a bit hard, remember that one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems was about a wall." 

*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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