The Poetry Marathon

A tree cut

A flower plucked

A seed sown

New life blooming soon

What goes

Comes back in some form or the other

Life goes on

World moves ahead

Nothing stop the flow of time

There’s only hope

That keeps us strong

Equal wages and opportunities

One or no religion

Gender equality

All sexual orientations accepted

Accessible and uniformed housing for all

Respect for all professions

Seems like the perfect world

Seems like an unachievable dream

Ours isn’t like that

It has its flaws

It has its imperfections

And yet it’s somehow

Perfectly imperfect

In response to text prompt number 23

Cheese?

Yes!

But mozzarella only please

Tomatoes

Yes!

But cherry only please

Bell peppers?

Yes!

All and any colors please

Pepperoni?

Yes!

Heartily sprinkled please

Onions?

Um, maybe

But only fried ones

Cottage cheese?

Um, maybe?

But just a couple

Pineapple?

Ugh, No!

Brocolli?

Ugh,no!

Spinach?

Ugh, no!

And, there it is

My perfect yummilicious pizza

In response to text prompt number 22

Running

Huffing and puffing

Hardly stopping

Not realising the mind and body needs rest

Take a breath once in a while

Soften the pace maybe

Opt for a sprint

Or just walk a while

Instead of

Only running

In response to text pr

ompt number 21

Best things in the world are free

And I’m glad one of them forms the first thing I do after waking up

Is it my morning adulation?

Nope

It’s drinking two glasses of water

That sets everything right

And as they say well begun is half done

This is how I ensure the next few hours go by smoothly

In response to text prompt number 20

Sunshine in summer

Dry day

Humid weather

Sunshine in winter

Pleasant day

Respite from the cold

Sunshine in autumn

Matches the foliage

Eye candy for the soul

Sunshine in spring

Neither good nor bad

Better than one, bearable to step out

In response to image prompt number 19

Snatched (Poem 18

The raven’s eye looked terrified

It was in shock as the companion flew away

The flying stroke as if conveying to the onlooking bird

What I deserve

I must get

I’ve worked hard to earn it

And if someone tries to take it away from me

I’ll snatch it right away !

In response to image prompt number 18

One view

Many perspectives

The Kaleidoscope besides its beauty

Also teaches us

That looking in one direction

Not only offers different perspectives to different people

But also provides varied views

To a single person

Text prompt number 16: Write a poem either titled or centred around a ‘Kaleidoscope’.

The blue of the sky

Matching the blue of the wall

The mood seems to be blue too?

Saved by the others probably, Because like the sky,

The wall is a myriad of colors too!

It stays ‘Stay Funky’

Is it the sky’s message to the wall?

Is the wall saying it to the sky?

Are both of them teaching it to us?

It’s universal anyway

So let’s embrace it

And keep all the colours of our personality alive !

In response to image prompt number 16

How is it

That we walked down the same aisle

But I came alone

And no one batted an eyelid

But when she came

There was a procession,

Everyone’s breaths hitched

I felt a slight twitch of jealousy

At all the grandeur

It was my day too after all

And then…

I saw her

The radiant smile

The waving out to the guests

The little dance she because why not?

We wore the same colours

Yet she looked better

Better than I’d ever seen her before

More beautiful than I’d ever had time to notice

That’s when I realised

No, today isn’t about both of us

It’s all about her

And always will be

And I didn’t mind anymore

My envy was replaced by fulfillment

That I was the one making her feel and look this way

That I was the reason behind her radiance

And I swore there and then

To always be that source

To always keep that radiance intact

To always make her feel this important

In response to text prompt number 15