Poetry – Page 21 – Emotional Shadows

Unknown Ties

Published on March 10, 2022March 9, 2022 by balroop singh51 Comments

Pine tree twig nudges the other –
‘Look at the golden glow’
Wind chimes in to add its melody
Both swing with abandon.

Loaded with little pines
Both bask in the glory of twilight
I watch with delight
And feel connected.

The melodies of this tree
Change everyday –
Soft in the morning breeze
It sings louder during the day.

Bound by unknown ties
I step out each time it changes its tune
My solidarity soars with each cadence
Our relationship gets deeper.
© Balroop Singh

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Transitions #Poetry Challenge

Published on February 24, 2022February 23, 2022 by balroop singh74 Comments

colors
rock our cradle
we are bubbles of joy
life sounds sublime initially
carefree!

yellow
and green mingle
to welcome the first steps
butterflies add charm and magic
gleeful!

crimson
flutters young hearts
new passion reigns supreme
love gets a new connotation
blissful!

Darker
shades permeate
Black and gray dominate
Shadows hover around to scare
eerie.

ashen
and pale jolt us
but life keeps on smiling
if we let the woeful clouds pass
souls merge.
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen for a weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for any syllabic form based on the theme prompt. This week’s theme is “Transitions.” I’ve again tried a new form of poetry.
This poem is a Crown Cinquain, five stanzas, each with syllable count of 2/4/6/8/2.
Thanks for the inspiration Colleen.

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#Photoprompt #Shadorma #Poetry Challenge

Published on February 17, 2022February 16, 2022 by balroop singh56 Comments

Photo selected by D. Wallace Peach from Pixaby.com

cameras
around the time frame
scan your face,
instruct you
they speak just in syllables
magic portal yawns

…

red door opens
just for a second
wide enough
to push you
a dark capsule swallows
sky and earth merge here

…

a new realm
inequalities
of all kinds
melt at once
liquid pours perpetually
a preordained drowning!
© Balroop Singh

Thanks to Colleen M. Chesebro for #TankaTuesday weekly poetry challenge to nudge some creative writing.

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Just Saying…

Published on February 3, 2022February 2, 2022 by balroop singh63 Comments

I wonder why people like long tresses
Only when others wear them
I wonder when would I gather the grit
To repeat my adolescent goof

Ah! Can I forget the day I got the inspiration
From “Maggie cuts her hair”
And told my younger sister to help me
Satiate my desire for short hair!

Thunder reverberated around me.
My sister shrugged off her role
And blamed the scissors
That wouldn’t move straight!

I was reminded of my cultural compulsion
To wear my hair unsheared.
The rebel in me scoffed it off
Promising me to do as I wished.

I waited and waited
Time did come to take my own decisions
But the longer they grew
The more I liked them.

Each time I think of cutting them short
Many words echo around me:
‘They are beautiful’… ‘They look awesome’…
‘Never shorten them’… ‘I love them’

You should see them on my pillow
How they struggle to survive each night
As I turn my head around
To find a comfortable position.

Oh! don’t even ask how many vacuum cleaners
They have asphyxiated!
The day my sister visits
I have to sweep the kitchen floor twice!
© Balroop Singh, February 2022

Inspired from a recent discussion (in our Writer’s Group) about hair. Thanks.

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