Tag: #endwar
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Prompt Gloom : When will the End Come
The below poem won the first prize from WHPA (World Harmony and Peace Association) on the topic “Gloom”. Rules were to write a 12-16 line poem. Walls – that once in the heart of the city stood, Crumbled- stone and gravel, pack of cards, dead wood, Rooms that once held the tinkling notes of joyous laughter,…
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NaPoWriMo: Day-11 Help! She’s Calling…
Had written this poem last year as part of the NaPoWriMo 2017. A year hence and the war against terror rages on. How many more children must be orphaned before peace is achieved? National Poetry Writing Month, Day 11’s challenge to write the Bop. The invention of Poet Afaa Michael Weaver, the Bop is a…
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The Woods…they talk to me.
via Daily Prompt: Solitary I saw the prompt “solitary” and the first thing that came to my mind was the poem “Solitary Reaper” by William Wordsworth. Well like most people, I absolutely love the poem. For all those who have not had an opportunity to read it or would love to read it again, I…
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NaPoWriMo: Day-11 Help! She’s Calling…
ational Poetry Writing Month, Day 11’s challenge to write the Bop. The invention of Poet Afaa Michael Weaver, the Bop is a kind of a combination sonnet + song. like a Shakespearean sonnet, it introduces, discusses, and then solves (or fails to solve) a problem. My Bop: Her eyes shone a tear, her…