Showing posts with label Haiku. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haiku. Show all posts
February 01, 2012

The Muse Ran Off With The Stories - IWSG


The first Wednesday of every month is officially Insecure Writer’s Support Group day for participating blog owners who may be professional or amateur writers. (All you need is the passion and output, published or not). Started by Alex Cavanaugh the author of the sci-fi space opera CassaStar and upcoming CassaFire, it is a means for writers to talk about their fears big and small. It is also an opportunity to connect to other writers who may have conquered these or are sailing in the same insecure boat as you.

There was a little girl who was a bit different, impulsive, hot tempered, rebellious dreaming false worlds when she should have been studying some more. The daydreams grew larger, more verbose and sometimes silly. As the space between the grey cells shrunk, she took to writing on pieces of paper... some saved, some frittered away carelessly...she never showed them to anyone lest she be mocked at by the uncaring. Then it happened, the stuff that her fears were made of. Unlike other kindred spirits, the more she read others, the less pieces of her own got written till a day when the dreams knew better and took flight to the nether regions of her mind, a self  imposed exile.

Time flew, walked, crawled, the dreams peeked out now and then and verses took shape that were protected fiercely for years and yet the best ones cast one day into the fire of battered self esteem (especially the ones dedicated to her fiancĂ©-husband who broke her spirit)....and then after years of grey bleakiness, the tumultuous life led her back to the road she had long ago abandoned, the only one left she could travel through, to save her sanity.

 The journey was risky, shaky, encouraged by loved ones who had secretly read her amateur works. And just when the adventure was getting to be fun, lady luck decided to play games again.

And lo behold,
 The Twin, The  Muse Ran Away....
leaving behind a sci fi that is just about a quarter complete, a fantasy barely written, a poetry collection due for e publishing in March with quite a few missing pages, short stories to be drafted and rewritten from scratch.
She filled a complaint with the "Missing Muses Retrieval" writers club in December but yet to hear from them.
Anyone who sees 'Reka Sang' slouching around in the upper decks of cyber space, do cajole her to come back please...as said she is moody and cantankerous, gets offended easily. Will this be enough praise to melt her heart??


Penned bold thoughts /
Heart never speaks of /
Love this muse //
 3-5-3

 This is how the Muse looked when they last met....maybe the lady should check Facebook, for sure she is whiling away time with those mindless games or the news rooms where she is flirting with the big boys.


 The strain of these online searches and researching in her absence simply translates into
 "The Girl/woman is taking a blogging break for two to three weeks" beginning tomorrow.

September 30, 2011

A Haiku For A Fitting End

Artwork Courtesy Penny Smith/Alias Jinksy

Haiku everywhere /
See all thoughts and emotions /
Colourful template //



5-7-5

Added To Haiku Heights For the Height Of Haiku Challenge 
Added to In Tandem
September 18, 2011

Haiku - 22



 The year's end draws near /
Autumn leaves these trees threadbare /
Life's metaphor talks //
 5-7-5

Haiku a Japanese poetry format....classical based on 17 syllables in three lines 5-7-5 or 10 syllables in 3-4-3 format.
 By syllables in English based Haiku, we are talking of the syllables in each word...like Water is 2 sylabbles wa+ ter,  Harmony has 3 syllables har+mo+ny.
Some modern poets don't stick to syllable style.
September 14, 2011

True Elixir ? Haiku - 21



Image Courtesy

Some, Fountain Of Youth /
Alchemy ancients claimed /
Liberty my goal //

5-7-5


September 12, 2011

Haiku - 20



Enthralling, ethereal sight /
Magical floodlights for some /
Sunsets, my pleasure //


5-7-5

Haiku - 20



Enthralling, ethereal sight /
Magical flood lights for some /
Sunsets, my pleasure //


For the Heights Of Haiku Challenge
Added To Haiku Heights

September 09, 2011

Soft Addiction ?? Haiku - 18

 A Facebook game I was addicted to..  ;p
 Those hidden pleasures /
Surfacing at odd junctures /
Yearn for a bit more //






September 07, 2011

Angels


My nephews Sidartha And Akshay

Those sun kissed faces /
Joy overflows around twain* /
Birds chirp your sweet songs //

Hypnotic eyes seek /
Wisdom and action alike /
Content, seated now //

Life carefree, always /
Angelic devils of mine /
My shelters of love //

*n. an archaic word for two

 How can any verse and word be complete without my succour from darkness...my joie de vivre, my nephews Sid and Akki ?


September 05, 2011

Haiku - 17






Reflecting spirit /
Night rider streaks across sky /
Darkness flourishes //


5-7-5





September 04, 2011

Haiku - 16



Among restless leaves /
Green camouflage, parrots duo /
 A medley of squawks?? //









September 03, 2011

Haiku - 15


Jean Baptiste Corot 1845


The windmill slows down /
Soft footsteps on the stone floor /
My heart picks up speed //



5-7-5





September 02, 2011

Haiku - 22


Image Courtesy
 Mirrors never lie / 
Disappointed eyes, seeks more / 
Nothing stays the same //








June 21, 2011

Haiku - 17 Refugees



Herded like cattle /
stinky boats and trucks, entrapped /
blind dreams, bleeding souls //






Haiku - 17, 18 To Qualify Emotions


Book Challenge Day 6


Blinded by prejudice /
Scheherazade's thousand and one nights tales /
spared her life, his soul //


Based on one of the comments, would like to add a little about the 
book in question...
I presumed everyone is familiar with "1001 Arabian Nights" 
some of the more famous of the tales like Aladdin and the magic lamp, 
Sinbad the sailor, Ali Baba and 40 thieves were part of our childhood 
stories and also made into Films and Television Series. 
These stories are a collection of stories including folk from Western 
and Central Asia (India, Turkey, Iraq) and parts of Africa (Egypt) 
and first translated into English from the original Persian work in 
the 17th century. The origin of the stories is considered to be around
the 9th century.
 These tales are said to have used by the Princess to enthrall the 
Caliph for a 1000 nights. The Caliph's first wife having been 
unfaithful; he married a virgin every day and had her beheaded the 
next day. Until Scheherazade, the grand vizier's daughter, decided to 
step in and offer to be his consort and used her intelligence to save 
her own and the lives of other innocent damsels. 
By the end of the storytelling, the 1001 night, the Caliph had fallen 
in love with her and realised that he had erred in his thinking and judgement.
 They are a magnificent collection of tales that cover all the possible 
human emotions and reactions not to mention elements of fantasy 
and magic.

The one I possess has fewer than 30 tales but is a gift from my Uncle 
and has some beautiful hand painted illustrations by a Czech Artist. 
I highly doubt if my said copy is in circulation now as it's over 
25 years old.

Sixth part of the 30 day book challenge created by Polo at her blog Acotation Al Margen.
Older and newer entries here.

Since yesterday happened to be World Refugee Day...
and this week is Refugee week, a haiku for them...


Herded like cattle /
stinky boats and trucks, entrapped /
blind dreams, bleeding souls //


Added to Haiku Heights
June 06, 2011

Haiku - 16


She stood on the ground /
Pride and grace personified /
Nature's porcelain dream //

                                                Haiku


A Haiku - 16 And A Photo Tweet



As she nervously rambled on about the detergent sales dip in their branch; 
he pondered guiltily over their break-up's effect on her.







She stood on the ground /
Pride and grace personified /
Nature's porcelain dream //


Added To Haiku Heights


May 30, 2011

Haiku 15, # 39 RandomMusings For The Day



Lost in heavy trance
her son, glistening eyes saw
the bike rider start.

he drove on; unaware of shouts to stop,
she still stood, awaiting.

Added to Haiku Heights (first 3 lines), Grandma's Goulash (all 5 lines).




# 39 RandomMusings For The Day

If being a blood sucker is cool, aren't mosquitoes the coolest?....they don’t even sparkle in the sun. ;D



May 08, 2011

Mother's Day - Haiku 14




Image courtesy where did my smile go


World's force feeding /
Turning poison to nectar /
 A mother's touch //










April 16, 2011

Nebulous Voices - Haiku 13

The thoughts meander /
Precious memories blaze by /
Distant resonance //



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