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Daily Verse
 

Week 4, September 2023
 

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A Joyous Trio
By Sasha Clark  25th September  2023, 

Waterfall
Image by Mateus Guimarães

Water

Splashing jumping dance
over rocks past trees.
Damselflies alight briefly
Seeking the best watery home
The creek laughs with delight

Image by Osman Rana

Ice

Slippery slidey
Ever so smooth
The lake glistens in shining wonder
Lovely flakes descend and dance
in intricate whirls

Mist

Swirling smokey tendrils
Dance with trees and stars
Caress mountains lovingly
Nature rejoices in drinking the air
Ordinary becomes magical
in the misty obscurity 

Image by Dave
Image by Daniel Mirlea

Joy: A triad

Poems by Rupa Anand , 26th September 2023

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regular visitors 

this pair of tree pies

come & squawk 

then fly off to return

quiet is my joy

Image by Andrea Lightfoot

more sparrows 

than ever imagined

— such joy

Image by kazuend

river bench —

anxiety disappears 

with the current

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A Cup of Moonlight
By Robert Witmer  27th September 2023

Crescent Moon

The Tang poet exaggerates

the whiteness of the snow

on his head,

yet when he sings of wine,

sudden as lightning

freezing the moon

to the wisdom of the stars,

intemperance is raised

from sullen earth

to open heaven's gate.

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Rhetorical Questions

By Herb Kitson 28th September 2023

Image by Marcel Strauß

If, likeex the dog, you curl up
at the moon’s hearth,
will you never freeze?
If, like the cat, you spear
the universe with your barbs,
will you feast on stars?
If, like the bison, you drink
from the trough of night,
will you never thirst?
If, like the saints, you give
your body to be burned,
will the smoke become doves?
If your ashes are drowned,
will they turn into fish?
If you refuse to acknowledge death,
will you live forever?

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Perfect Joy
By Amita Sarjit Ahluwalia 29th September 2023

Image by Shourav Sheikh

I met Pizza and Pizza met me
What perfect Joy the warm box brings !
That moment never fails to get me
I met Pizza and Pizza met me
Now for some time Dear World forget me
While Food with Hunger duet sings
I met Pizza and Pizza met me
What perfect Joy the warm box brings !

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Poet's Note: ( A Triolet consists of 8 lines in Iambic Pentameter (optional) with an ABaAabAB rhyme scheme where A and B stand for repeated lines )

Biographies of Poets

Amita Paul is one of the various pen names used by Punjab-born, Patna-based, retired Indian bureaucrat Amita Sarjit Ahluwalia . She enjoys writing in different genres, in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi .Her writings are imaginative and humane, with occasional flashes of wit and frequent touches of wry humour.

Herb Kitson is full professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh in Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA.  He has also worked as therapeutic support staff for Family Services, of Meadville,Pennsylvania,  USA.  To his publication credit, he has two books, two chapbooks, and individual poems in over 125 magazines.

Robert Witmer has resided in Japan for the past 45 years. Now an emeritus professor, he has had the opportunity to teach courses in poetry and creative writing not only at his home university in Tokyo but also in India. His poems and prose poetry have appeared in many print and online journals and books. His first book of poetry, a collection of haiku titled Finding a Way, was published in 2016. A second book of poetry, titled Serendipity, was published earlier this year (2023). An author’s page for Robert Witmer can be found at both the Poets & Writers and AuthorsDen websites.

Rupa Anand is a spiritual seeker and a published writer of experiences. Writing since 2008, her poems are an expression of images, thoughts, ideas, emotions and events that somehow get etched upon her mind and psyche. She says “There is magic in Nature. I hope my poems will connect readers with the beauty and calm of the natural world." Rupa has a BA (Hons) in English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. A cancer survivor, she lives in New Delhi with her husband, daughter and beloved cats.

Sasha Clark was raised in the suburbs in Baltimore, Maryland. About 11 1/2 years ago she moved with her husband to Southern New Mexico. She began writing self-healing posts on Facebook shortly after covid started. Then a friend introduced her to a Haiku group so now she writes at least one Haiku daily. She also makes gemstone necklaces, mostly turquoise. And is learning Tai Chi including sword form. Her day job is a reference investigator for a background investigation company which does screening mostly for hospitals.

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