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Odiyan

Odiyan

It was a full moon night. The sky was clear and the village roads and paddy fields shone under the moonlight. Veni wanted to take a stroll to the temple pond. She picked up her mobile and proceeded towards the door. "Veni, don't go out now. Odiyan varunna samayama",...

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Clerihew

Clerihew

Invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, a popular English novelist and humourist, Clerihew is written considering the following guidelines - It is four lines long. The rhyme scheme followed is A/A/B/B The first line of the first stanza ends with the name of a personality...

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Loop Poetry

Loop Poetry

Loop poetry, is a poetry form created by Hellon. There are no restrictions on the number of stanzas or the syllables. The last word of the line one becomes the first word of line two, last word of line two becomes the first word of line three and so on. A rhyme scheme...

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Under the Moonlight

Under the Moonlight

"There is a tree near the lake, come there at 9 PM tonight. I shall meet you then", read the message from Rohan." The campfire would would get over by then. Why does he want to meet me then"? Wondered Siya. They were classmates from school and the bestest friends....

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Leaf

Leaf

The dried leaf in the autograph book Brought back a flood of memories, Of a colourful life, And an untold love.   Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash

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Lantern

Lantern

Now, a display of antiquity, Once, a light of any city, Oh my lantern, thy value, Is next to eternity.   Photo by Vladimir Fedotov on Unsplash

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Acrostics

Acrostics

This is one of  my favourite poetry style. An acrostic poem is a poem where letters in each line spell out a word or a phrase. Mostly the first letters of each line are used to spell out the message or the word but they can appear any where. There are different types...

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The Real Holi

The Real Holi

Even though Ariana had been playing holi* since childhood, this year seemed very special. This time, she enjoyed Holi for the very reason that it's known for - Colours. She had been battling with colour blindness since birth. This condition made her life colourless....

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