Diffused Dreams

Diffused Dreams

Jewelled—the night sky, Dreams my eyes espy, With you… Like a winged firefly, Wishes that soar high, Seem true… Alas! Soon they die ‘Twas a woven lie Untrue *** Poetry Style : Lai Lai is a French form and has the following features: A 9-line, one-stanza poem,...
Faded

Faded

Prompt :  I stood at the airport, watching them walk away, not knowing when or if I’d see them again. Use the above line in your story. *** “Kindly return to your assigned seats at the airport. A solar flare is expected in the next hour. All flights will...
Into a Book

Into a Book

Theme : Picture Prompt Flipping through the pages of a book in oblivion I drown, In a world of fiction hands of the clock slowdown, How I travel to places distant, Hatch an escapade by becoming a reader ardent.   With a child like mind I traverse paths uncharted,...
My Notebook

My Notebook

  A notebook is something I always carry, ‘Cause I call myself a writer you see, When thoughts knock during times unexpected, I don’t trust my memory, I jot them down instead.   Words, phrases, characters, settings, And sometimes even random musings,...

Red is the color of our blood

  The tall chinar trees stand still in solemn silence, As the leaves tremble in the aftermath of resounding gunshots, The distant snow capped mountains mourn in a foetal hush, Lackluster seem the pristine meadows lush, The azure sky is now tinged in streaks of...