Tag: #goodbye
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NaPoWriMo Day 9 – The Gift
Today’s prompt is to write in a specific form – the nonet! A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second has eight, and so on until you get to the last line, which has just one syllable. I wrote two nonets on the subject. I wasn’t sure which sounded better, so,…
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Poem: How a mother feels
My poem, ‘How a mother feels’ is posted on Destiny poets. Don’t ask a mother how she feels When a child leaves home the first time Not for a sleepover or the weekend or a week’s summer camp, or even an extended vacation But when a child leaves, I mean, like really leaves- to a…
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When I am gone
Don’t judge my life by the poems I wroteThey are like the waning moon-Phases that pass, Like seasons that come and go.Like waves that ebb and flowA few teary monsoons, some harsh winterscannot take away the many springs and summersThat warmed me and helped me bloomRemember me by my smile, the way it made my…
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The Farewell
This post is for all those who read my previous post, Farewells -The Event…Make it Worth Remembering Thank you for checking in. The Farewell was perfect and I couldn’t have asked for more. The surprise elements like the gift, the writing on the cake, the flowers brought by a colleague in another department and the evening…
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Farewells -The Event…Make it Worth Remembering
14.3.18…7.00 p.m. Tomorrow, by this time, I will be free of the well-worn path. I will be sitting at home, free from a 8 to 5 job, free from the clock that’s ruled my life up until now, free to think of the way forward. Tomorrow’s farewell will bring forth the dreaded question, “What next?”.…