Apr 15, 2016 Ramblings and Musings, The Daily Post

In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt:  Snap

Snap – A COMPLETELY Uninspired Litany of Complaints (NOT a poem!)
©April 15th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

I don’t like it when people snap at me.

I dislike it more when I snap at them.

I don’t like to snap to attention.

I detest calling photographs “snaps.”

I don’t trust anything which is a “snap” to make.

I’m sad for those who are on SNAPs

I hate it when people say, “Oh, SNAP!”

I loathe card games, especially ones called “Snap.”

And I don’t tolerate snaps on clothing.

When someone says, “Snap out of it,”

I feel bad – and worse when I say it.

And when I snipe about snaps, I cannot stand it.

And now, I’m off to take a snap – sorry, nap!

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Tags: #A Litany of Complaints, #Daily Prompt, #Snap, #TheDailyPost

Apr 15, 2016 NaPoWriMo, Original Poetry

Split-Image
©April 15th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

And who might you be, who’s peering at me
As I lace my fingers through curtains three?
Your face is familiar, and rings a bell,
And your eyes follow me,– casting a spell.

I’ve walked very far to come to this place,
I’ve left things behind, I’ve been a disgrace.
I rejected the future and dumped my past,
And here I stand, in astonishment vast.

There once was a girl, and I am the same
Who came from Elsewhere, and who had no name.
She sloughed off her Selves, and grew a new skin,
And wearied of everything she’d ever been.

I am she whom you’ve known since time was new –
Now, in my mirror, you’ll see yourself true.

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Here’s the NaPoWriMo prompt for today:

 

Tags: #Couplets, #Double-Images, #Mirrors, #OriginalPoetrybyVijayaSundaram, #sonnet