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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Gather the Leaves

Credit: Ratna Pochiraju 


Vibrant
Gathered around
A circle full of life
With no ending or beginning
Let’s live

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Note: The poem is written in Cinquain style with 2-4-6-8-2 syllables in each line respectively. 

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22 comments:

  1. My knowledge of the technical aspects of poetry is zilch. I just reel off verses as they come to my mind. That is a beautiful technically perfect poem you have written.

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    1. Thank you, Jai :) I have a special love for shape poetry. Just don't ask me to use meters though. I'm horrible at it.

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    1. They do, don't they? :D
      Thank you for reading, TM. :)

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  3. Ok, the technicality of writing poems is Greek to me. But it was fun to check the syllable count for each line as mentioned by you in the note.

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    1. Haha... That's the fun part of these poems. The syllables can cause of quite a bit of trouble.
      Thank you for reading. :)

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  4. This is short and full of life! :-)

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  5. I am not sure why comment at times goes as Unknown.

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  6. wow..even in a full length article, I can't someup life in such a beautiful manner. Life is full of shades but there is no end...lets live is the notion for all.

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  7. I like the way the first and last lines of the poem are so powerful. Weekends In Maine

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  8. Profound and beautiful!!Describing the circle of life in just a few words....and I love the positivity:)

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  9. Beautiful cinquain! The painting and your poem captured the concept of life so well. Been meaning to find your AtoZ and landed here only today!

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  10. The poem is beautiful for its ability to give a message despite its simplicity.

    That painting though is surreal. WOW!!!

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