Tag: #funpoem
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NaPoWriMo Day 7 : Detention
“Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that argues against, or somehow questions, a proverb or saying. They say that “all cats are black at midnight,” but really? Surely some of them remain striped. And maybe there is an ill wind that blows some good. Perhaps that wind just has some mild dyspepsia. Whatever […]
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NaPoWriMo Day 5 : The Chimera at the movies
Today’s challenge is to write a poem about a mythical person or creature doing something unusual – or at least something that seems unusual in relation to that person/creature. For example, what does Hercules do when he loses a sock in the dryer? If a mermaid wants to pick up rock-climbing as a hobby, how does […]
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Lockdown Diaries : The death of a fly
The last of our guests left last Thursday after an entire month of festivities and family gatherings. Just when I thought I’d put my feet up and get back to writing, reading and art, my husband returned from work feeling unwell. The test showed positive leaving us feeling anything but positive! As per the current […]
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Pazham, Vaazha- trying my husband’s mother tongue
After more than two decades of marriage You’ll say there’s no need- To learn my husband’s language Its not like I didn’t try in the beginning when I felt the need to explain, or wanted to please, or do more than smile with his side of the family but I stopped and it no longer […]
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To my Teen girls
Wrote a letter poem ‘To my teen girls’ on the prompt ‘Lovingly, I hate you’ given by the TSL group on Fb When you roll your eyes Or turn a deaf ear when I call or when I’m searching all over for my stuff only to find it after an hour in your drawer or […]