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Daily Verse
 

Week 3, March  2024
 

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Strains of Polonaise 
by Latika Singha  18th  March  2024

Gramophone

when the heart
is heavy,

and the spirit
is hovering low,

strains of
the polonaise
waft by,

as though,
from an isle
far away..

reviving
rejuvinating,

turning bleak black
into ashen
then gold
to amber..

wrapping
your shoulders
lightly,
in a swath
of warmth,

you feel the
chill,
seeping away..

and the shuddering
sobs, retreat
into gentle
breathing,

soothed,
nourished,
shorn of
thorns..

suffused
with the calm
of the momemt,

you rise up

to greet
another day

Image by Kari Shea

Poems

by Mona Bedi  19th March 2024

Cello
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becoming one
with the universe
Om chanting

Image by Caleb George

Himalayan retreat
the conversations I have
with a gurgling brook

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blind school
we dance to the music
of hope

Image by Roman Kraft

We are One

By Deby Cedars 22nd March 2024

Flower Outline

I met you in the Springtime.

Your love was so divine.

The start of something new.

It’s a miracle that I met you.

 

You kissed me on the first date.

True love was our great fate.

The attention lasted so long.

The passion has been so strong.

 

And now we’re at the altar.

Our love will never falter.

We’re going to stay together,

Through any kind of weather.

 

We are one.

 

The vows will never be broken.

Our promises are sweetly spoken.

Now you may kiss your bride.

And forever stay by my side.

 

The honeymoon will be long.

Romance a never-ending song.

The bouquet smells so sweet.

It lands at her feet.

I wonder if she will be

the next bride to come.

If she will have what we have

Romance love and fun.

 

I wonder if the cycle,

never does end.

And she will have what we have.

She’s my best friend.

 

We are one.

We are one

We are one.

Image by Evie S.

Hear Your Heart

By Jan Stretch 23rd March 2024

Crayon

love is letting go

of you

taking your last breath

while still

breathing mine

 

no longer tethered

to this earth

you explore

the light beyond

 

my tears fall

unspoken words

 

up and down

my spine

a cool draft

from beyond

 

I hear you whisper…

 

everything

will be OK

I will always

hear your heart

Image by Jace & Afsoon

Poems

Theme: Music

Piano
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Biographies of Poets

Latika Singha, ever enchanted by the written and spoken ' word ', lives in jaipur, with her green friends, friends with paws and some spirited fellow humans. She is also besotted by expression in hindustani.. and absorbs herself, reading and writing in this lovely language too.

Mona Bedi is a medical doctor in Delhi, India. She has been writing poetry since childhood but a few years back she started writing the Japanese form.. haiku. She has authored two poetry books published by the name of 'they you and me' and 'dancing moonlight.' She received the Grand Prize in the 3rd Morioka Haiku Festival, 2021 and four haiku of merit in the World Haiku Review 2021/2022 alongwith an honourable mention at the Japan Fair 2021. Her haiku, tanka haibun and Haiga has been published in various journals of repute like Presence, Modern haiku, Haiku dialogue, Haiku in Action, Triveni haikuKatha, Drifting sands, Failed haiku, Stardust, Creative Inspirations, among others. 

Jan Stretch is a retired psychiatric nurse-therapist from Victoria BC Canada. She enjoys her large extended family, especially her two grandchildren and returned to thoughts of poetry on her daily walks during Covid. Jan was first published in the Dear Vaccine Anthology in 2022 and has since been published in numerous international journals, podcasts and anthologies. She especially loves writing Japanese short form and Cherita although is occasionally inspired to write longer poems. She is currently an administrator on Haiku Moments Facebook group. Insights gained from her years as a therapist and her nature walks continue to inform her poetry.

Deby Cedars started writing poetry and short stories at age 7.  She wrote more when she was diagnosed with a mental illness at the age of 42.  It was one of her many therapies.  She now lives a happy and stable life with her Husband in Florida.

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