Apr 23, 2016 Original Poetry, Senryu, The Daily Post
In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Disappointment
Do I Disappoint?
(Three Light-Hearted Senryu)
©April 23rd, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Do I disappoint?
Asks the sunflower of the sun –
Gentle light rains down.
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Do I disappoint?
Asks the child of her mother
(Love’s cocoon enfolds).
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Do I disappoint?
Asks a dog in mild disgrace –
Grinning tail melts stone.
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Tags: #Disappointment, #Original Poetry by Vijaya Sundaram, #TheDailyPost, #TheDailyPrompt
Apr 21, 2016 Original Poetry, Senryu, The Daily Post
In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Fog
Fog Rising
©April 21st, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Curtain lifts with sun:
Fog rises and dissipates
Coffee clears my head.
Gentle words soothe me
Mist of despair vanishes
Thank you for your love.
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Tags: #Fog, #Metaphorical poem, #OriginalPoetrybyVijayaSundaram, #TheDailyPost, #TheDailyPrompt
Apr 20, 2016 Original Poetry, Senryu
Summer-Sky
©April 20th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Sing of winters past
Sing of summer’s scorching scourge –
Fan me into coolth!
Let me sing that sky
And never be extinguished –
And let the rain fall!
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Apr 20, 2016 Original Poetry, Senryu
Sky-Poem
©April 20th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Watch those skies flow by
Come, bridge me to remote worlds,
Climb those spirit lights!
Bright lights swing across
Skies so blue and gold and red –
Cut me not from them!
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Mar 27, 2016 Senryu
Smoke and Tears (Three Senryu)
©March 27th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Another blast, and
Another hole torn right through
The fabric of life.
Smoke and fumes and blood
And the rain of tears cannot
Quench the reign of fear.
Please stop, please stop, Oh
All of you who shed such hate,
Please spill mercy here.
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Tags: #Brussels attack, #Ivory Coast attack, #Lahore attack, #Original Poetry, #Turkey attack, #Yemen attack
Mar 19, 2016 Original Poetry, Senryu, The Daily Post
In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Fight
Fight the Tide Twice
©March 19th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
When the tide comes in
Flooding where you stand and stare –
Fight it, rise and swim!
When the tide goes out,
Dragging, tugging at your feet –
Fight it, dig feet in!
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Tags: #Daily Prompt, #Fight, #Holding steady, #Stubbornness, Fight the tide
Mar 17, 2016 Senryu, The Daily Post
In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Shelf
Shelved – Four Senryu
©March 17th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Dark, swirling eddies:
Sorrow, rage, hate, all of these
I set on a shelf.
Open the windows,
Let the cold, waiting heart of
Outer Space have them.
When dark thoughts are fed
To the Hungry Thing that lurks:
See how it explodes!
And all will be cleansed
All will turn to sun and air
Taste them, live anew!
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Tags: #Darkness, #Emotions, #Freedom, #Original Poetry, #Shelved, #Space
Mar 15, 2016 Senryu, The Daily Post
In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Drop
Photo-Credit ©2015, Vijaya Sundaram
Drop-Ocean
©March 15th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
I am but a drop
And I yearn with aching heart
For the deep ocean
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Tags: #Daily Prompt, #Drop, #Metaphysical, #Original Poetry
Mar 12, 2016 Senryu, The Daily Post
For The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Misstep
Missed Step and Hidden Moon
(Four Senryu)
©March 12th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Miss, please watch your step!
She makes a misstep, hurtles,
Floating, feather-light.
So easy to see
Now, floating above the earth
So sweet it all was
All the faults, the flaws
Their beauty, his joys, her pain,
Complex chords in songs.
Leaves that float downward
Look too much like autumn tears
The moon hides her face.
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Tags: #Misstep, #Original Poetry