Category: Poetry

I did a 30 days poetry writing challenge

The first half of 2023 was just plain empty in terms of writing. Because of work, I couldn’t write and also, there was a major writer’s block (yeah, that happens) 🙂

So after getting a chance to travel in May and June, I found my creativity back and started writing again. Although, didn’t publish many haiku/senryu. Well, I mostly write haiku poetry and in awe of this art. I wrote lot of poems and enjoyed the journey.

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How to write long poems?

You might have come across various styles of poetry, long, short, rhyming, non-rhyming, with imagery, without imagery etc etc.

So writing one, especially when you are a beginner seems a daunting task. And writing and re-writing the first draft becomes so tedious.

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How to find inspiration for your poems !

Poems, I believe, are an extra-ordinary moment in our ordinary lives. And writing one makes you feel so connected to yourself and your surrounding.

Few days ago while reading a book in our little garden, I saw at some distance there was a dove, trying to find twigs for the nest as the breeding season is approaching.

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How poetry might save you in this tiring world !

When was the last time that you stopped to look at the starry sky, setting sun or a flower or a butterfly. When was the last time when something completely mesmerized you, something so ordinary yet took you by surprise. Think, as sometime such subtle moments change the course of time. And I believe that’s what poetry do !

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