This post is in response to Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge .
This post is in response to Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge .
Trinkets decorate walls
Ambitions showcased
Foundation rotting Continue reading “Vainglorious”
Inevitable
Tree leaves turn green to amber
Changes natural
Cyclic seasons turn
Black to grey hairs turn, aging
Coloring futile
Enchanting rose blooms
Heavenly beauty withers
Fragrant memory
A sudden storm blows
Uproots strongest oak tree, dead
Nature impartial
Birth to death, cycle
Changes, process natural
Inevitable
This is my first attempt at writing short story. Constructive feedback and comments appreciated.
The dream keeps coming back to haunt him. Digging a hole, he lies down peacefully waiting for death to come. He is not sure why this dream bothers him anymore. Continue reading “Fifteen Minutes of Fame had No Name”
Another school shooting, another debate. When will this stop? Congress have blood in their hands. Hiding behind the second amendment, debate will go on between the gun lobby and those clamoring for gun restriction while innocents will pay the price.
I wrote this poem a day after six religious fanatics shot dead hundred and forty nine people including hundred and thirty two students in a school in Peshawar, Pakistan on December 14, 2014. Originally posted this poem in my blog on December 20, 2015.
Storm
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