Thank you so much, Sally for such a heart-felt review of my latest poetry – ‘Just One Goodbye.’ I love how you say it… “Grief is the price we pay for loving so deeply.” So true! And we never think about it until it befalls us just like thunder.
Tag: poetry
#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge
shore serenity
silent whispers evoke thoughts
waves caress my toes
low tide speaks in syllables
hurtling down memory lane.
***
memories numb me
swallowed by the tide of time
I study each wave
and step into the glum sea
to sail on its silky edges.
***
waves wash away moods
comfort sails with emotions
evanescent tides
melt castles of illusion
pacify plaintive musing.
© Balroop Singh
Thanks to Lisa Fox (aka JadeLi) who is the host for this week’s TankaTuesday Challenge. She has given a list of words and says “choose three (or more) words from the given list and write a syllabic poem using them.” Click on the link to see all the words. I’ve highlighted the ones I chose from the list.
Thank you dear readers.
Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.
For more poetry, hang out with Hues Of Hope
Image from Pixaby.
#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge
This week’s challenge is “Synonyms Only”
Mind plays silly games
pulling delightful moments
memories emerge
monotony of days end,
effacing the darker hues.
***
dreary hours stand still
thoughtless walk into the past
pernicious practice
hampers the journey of life,
shackles my fidgety muse.
***
submerged in the deeps
she emerges to have a look
just for a minute –
amnesic and dull-witted,
oblivious of perils.
© Balroop Singh
Thanks to Selma who is hosting Tanka Tuesday this week.
The words she gave are: Mindless and Humdrum. We have write a Tanka, using the synonyms of the words. I have written a string of Tanka and highlighted my synonyms.
Thank you dear readers.
Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.
For more poetry, hang out with Hues Of Hope
Image from Pixaby.
#Tanka Prose – Specific Theme
The challenge this week is to write a syllabic poem about something that brought a big change in your life.
A Paradox
Each October strengthened our love for each other, a reminder that our souls were fused forever. Can there be a more haunting paradox – that the celebratory month of marital bliss converts into life-long mourning? When precious moments of togetherness are knocked off in the same month, when priceless memories get linked to a shocking reality, Almighty sounds ruthless.
This path is dead now
as you departed halfway
oh! in October
fate conspired to betray us.
irrevocable havoc!
© Balroop Singh
Sadje is the host for this week’s Tanka Tuesday challenge. Thank you for the inspiration to write syllabic poetry.
Thank you dear readers.
Here is the Amazon link for my new poetry book.
For more poetry, hang out with Hues Of Hope
Smitha’s Comprehensive Review…
I am extremely grateful to Smitha, an accomplished poet and author, for understanding each emotion embedded in my latest poetry book and finding light in the midst of gloomy poems. She took my heart away with the words: “These are emotions that will resonate with anyone who has lost someone they deeply love.” Please click on the link to read her full review of the book – Just One Goodbye, inspired from the yearning to hear the last words, which were never spoken. The comments are closed here. Please visit Smitha’s blog to share your thoughts. Thank you.
Here is the Amazon link for kindle store
And for Print edition
