Daily Verse
Week 1, April 2024
Burst of Colours
by Amrita Mallik 1st April 2024
The sentient colours of sprightly spring return,
As the gelid white winters finally bid goodbye,
The cool breeze still retaining a wintry touch,
But the warmth of the sun thaws and ushers in a new time,
Bright shades of green under the clear blue sky,
The buzzing bees hoveting over the vibrant flowers,
The splashing of colours on each other,
As people gear up for celebrating the Festival of Colours,
There's hope still.. Conveys the loveable season,
The sinister acts cannot succeed,
The burst of optimistic hues nurture humanity,
And that is the reason why a frustrated soul like me,
Still don't quit.. Still don't completely shut her senses.
Haiku on Colours
by Steliana Voicu 2nd April 2024
silver wedding -
apricot branch in bloom
on his chest pocket
first day of spring -
white and red woven string
at my newborn's hand
limes avenue in bloom…
promenade hand in hand
in a yellow Milky Way
pink peonies in bloom…
two butterflies are sharing
the path to the garden
Daffodils
By Belinda Behne 3rd April 2024
Brilliant yellow
splashes 'round our pantlegs
We run through the field laughing
An acre of lemon yellow sunshine
is sprouting from the cold Spring earth
You were supposed to be at school
mother scolds
We were, we say
but the daffodils waved to us
And this was not a lie
These joyful yellow bobbing heads
the first bright lights of Spring
called to us so loudly and so merrily
we coudn't help but join them
Spring at the Gate
By Santosh Bakaya 5th March 2024
The green tendril hums a lilting song.
The woman smiles.
There is spring in the air.
Spring at the gate
Spring in her gait.
Svelte silhouettes still
sing in gilded cages.
But they sing of hope.
And -
Hope is a stooped silhouette singing unstopping.
Songs of rejuvenation.
Songs of revival.
Songs of resurrection.
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Devoid of all dramatic hues,
not worthy of any breaking news,
strum in the air.
The woman looks wistfully
at the sprawling impermanence of the vibrant, colourful wonderland.
And smiles.
In her pocket- sized garden,
another woman bends down to look at a cheeky, yellow-green weed, frowning
that it has incautiously reared its head in the bed of fresh, red roses.
With work - weary fingers brown,
she pulls out the weed.
She smiles
in a serene and steadfast manner.
The colours of spring surge and converge with the soft, colorful textures of her personality.
Nature breaks into a euphonious ditty, the notes exemplifying colours all-
red, green, black, yellow, purple, beige and white.
The powerful resilience and tenderness of nature resonating bright.
I hear the colours pulsating and throbbing, mobbing my heart and mind.
Ah, I am swamped by Spring' s sparkling splendour!
Biographies of Poets
Amrita Mallik loves reading and writing poetry. Every spare minute is spent creating beautiful poetic musings.
Steliana Cristina Voicu lives in Ploieşti, Romania and loves painting, poetry, Japanese culture, photography and astronomy. Her haiku, tanka, haiga, poetry, short-prose have been published worldwide, including Asahi Haikuist Network, Daily Haiga, The Wise Owl-The Daily Verse, Under the Bashō, Chrysanthemum and others. She is founder and editor of Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal-Romania. instagram: steliana_voicu