Tag: poetry
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My becoming!
I always wished my younger self To know that I’m empowered That Being a girl is a blessing, an asset That being happy is nobody’s prerogative but mine And I must shine in my grit and convictions I must reflect life’s fervor and beauty And rule the unruly way That I mustn’t comply to the…
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Poetry and Me
At times when memories, thoughts and feelings flood my mind, familiar images that may seem random at first, evolve into words that emerge with incoherence, And as I put my pen down, The words manifest spontaneously. A form of unmindful catharsis and detoxification occurs, that releases the bottled up emotions, Sometimes luring the feelings dormant,…
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Poet's expression…
Poetry is connectivity Poetry is imagery Poetry is wonderbee Poetry is super Lee Poetry is me Poetry is thee Poetry is Truality. Inspired by Mumtaz k poem on poetry. Photo courtesy Kelly Sikkema on unsplash.
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Idle vases
Seated near the beach watching sand, sea, people and traffic on the road whizz past by we, with our nerdy glasses mounted on noses dishing into books of poetry we were reading aloud reflections of poetic transactions of poets wanting to express part of themselves finding their way into the minds of readers like us;…
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Journeys are…
Journeys are… Fragmented pieces of life They resonate with happiness And yet, at times Entombed with the shards of sorrow, Wrapped in sepulchral lassitude And they throb and ache. Journeys are… Scattered miles to destinations Tracking a path through time, They are pursuits. And yet, at times Wearied by the onus of existence They are…