There go the animal-drawn carriers, Rumbling across the golden sands. Carrying people unmindful of barriers, Travelling tirelessly to unknown lands. Sometimes decorated, sometimes plain, Yet, always in transit for business or fun, Ever crisscrossing big and small lanes, On
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I opened my eyes at the hospital to see a tiny hand, Tugging my fingers, struggling to hold on, Tugging at my heartstrings in a random sequence, Causing infinite emotions to flow and drench a barren land. My little
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“Be dynamic and determined like a river that emerges victorious from a waterfall. Be persistent like a river that cuts through rocks and paths and flows on, growing manifold with each hurdle, till it reaches its destination. Be
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Beyond the hills, beneath the bridge, Can you see the winding village road? Criss-crossing through vast fields of grains Running a race with happily gurgling rivulets Where men and beasts act in a symphony, And proceed towards diverse goals in
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Shibori had made up her mind to leave. All this was getting too much for her. What is the use of staying in a place that was not for girls of her background? There was no use pleading before the
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Created by Christina R Jussaume, this poem called as ‘Spirit’s Vessel’ consists of three stanzas of six lines of six syllables each. It is an ACROSTIC poem where the first letters of the First stanza read as VESSEL Second stana read as OFYOUR (without
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The breccbairdne is an Irish quatrain form. Here are the basic guidelines: Quatrain (or four-line stanza) form Five syllables in the first line; six syllables in the other three lines Each line ends with a two-syllable word Lines two and
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As a part of a contest, we were asked to write a 500-word story about a human with characteristics of an animal/bird/reptile. And I chose the otter. Hope you like it! The gurgling sound of the rivulet flowing through the
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RemyLa Rhyme is a four-stanza poem. Its features include: Each stanza has four lines. The syllable count per stanza is 8/10/12/8, The rhyme scheme is abca defd ghig jklj. The first word of stanza 1 must also be the last word of stanza
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3rd September 2022 8 a.m.: New dawn awakened Rina and brought a smile to her lips just as it did to the tulips and roses in the garden which she could see from her hotel window. At last, the stormy
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