8 thoughts on “Prompt for Hour Two”

1. poetry
   is not your thing, you say
   as you leave
   I let my hand rest
   a little longer on you

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   1. Nice, it reminds me of Japanese style — tanka

   2. Thanks. It is indeed tanka 🙂

2. Thank you for this prompt, Ramona. I just listened to the song and took notes along the way. My Best, Jan

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3. (Posting here for now, as I can’t seem to access my page link on my phone.)

   Deep, dark, poignant… and also
   Yearning
   Churning
   Burning
   Unspeakable
   Impeachable
   Unreachable
   Consuming
   Exhuming
   Assuming 
   Enthralling
   Sprawling
   Crawling
   Constricting
   Conflicting
   Restricting

   Don’t speak the words
   Don’t speak the  words
   Don’t speak the words

   Stay silent. Don’t let the words fall.
   There will be no recall

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4. A second poem for the hour
   A prayer to dEvi saraswati in Kannada in the akkara metre (this metre is to be sung rather than just read for the flow to be understood)

   vINe tantiyin incharam eLpidoDam
   jANeyappeyEm I nanna jihveyoLam
   mANadimbiTTu solgaLam nuDisidoDam
   kANe oppuvem maimeyan AgaloDam

   ವೀಣೆ ತಂತಿಯಿನಿಂಚರಂ ಎಳ್ಪಿದೊಡಂ
   ಜಾಣೆಯಪ್ಪೆಯೇನೀ ನನ್ನ ಜಿಹ್ವಿಯೊಳಂ
   ಮಾಣದಿಂಬಿಟ್ಟು ಸೊಲ್ಗಳಂ ನುಡಿಸಿದೊಡಂ
   ಕಾಣೇ ಒಪ್ಪುವೆಂ ಮೈಮೆಯನಾಗಲೊಡಂ

   “How can I accept your cleverness, dexterity and prowess if you just create sweet notes and music from your vINa strings? That won’t do! Make words and poems with eternal beauty and sweetness flow from my tongue too, right away. Only then will I accept your greatness”

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5. Sharing Secrets

   Is it ever wise
   to relive a behavior
   a mistake
   a sin
   and share it
   with a lover?

   Releasing
   a foul dragon
   one’s kept hidden
   in a mountain cave
   for years
   seems unwise.

   It may well
   burn and devour
   him.

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6. No sound to speak the feels,
   Just eyes, just hands & heels..
   No tongue to curl the words,
   Just lips, just songs & birds..
   No voice to whisper bright,
   Just fingers, brushing light.

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