Final A and I Poetry Challenge

I’ve had the pleasure of taking part in the A and I Poetry Challenge which ran from March till now. This is its final chapter.  I wish to thank Amanda and Ineke for all the prompts that made me poem even when it’s not April. Since …

Day 30: The month of firsts

You never forget your first. —May Not yet, May 1st begins in less than half an hour, but let’s have a look at the last poetry challenge for this month: Challenge 30: “I’d like you to take your cue from Borges, and write a poem …

WPC: Rise or set?

I must tell you something before April 1st gets here, or nobody is going to believe it. For some deeply hidden reasons I have signed up for Na/GloPoWriMo which stands for National/Global Poetry Writing Month, which is April, which starts tomorrow. I have promised (to …

Spring for a cup of poem

Sometimes, rarely, I do what I’m told. If not today, on the first day of spring and World Poetry Day, when then? I love coming across new sources of inspiration, kicks in the behind, reasons to act. One of such is provided on the blog …

Basketball

Today I’m playing basketball again. Or rather I keep throwing the battered soccer ball, left behind by two kids of the family who moved out and on, to the net-less hoop they had set up the pine tree while the dog looks on perplexed. Every …

Two snakes

Last week I saw more snakes than in all four years before. Three: first the couple and then one more, closer to home. Dark, almost black they were.   From my spot on the station that I occupy daily give or take I notice them …