When I lyrically recite stories
I wrote this to write a journey but the words just got created and when the poem ended it got me more peace than what I intended to pen. A poet or writer does feel that peace after a creation. This is dedicated to all writers and poets in search.
A special mention is that I penned a guest post at Shashank’s blog, it’s my blogging journey. Something very special and dear to me, you can read it here.
This is the first time I have tried to record another poet’s work in my voice. The beautiful words of Vaada Khilaafi have been penned by Rajveer Singh Prajapati.
Rajveer is a poet and writer of the novel ‘Destined Lives – Journey till the start’. He carries an equal amount of passion for Books and Royal Enfield Bullet. His friends call him Wikipedia due to his obsession with reading articles on it. Get to know more about Rajveer’s work at http://rajveerspace.blogspot.in/.
Tried my hand at a new poetry form called Minute Poetry. The Minute Poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict iambic meter. The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables. The rhyme scheme is as follows:aabb, ccdd, eeff. Have tried to fit in the syllables taking some liberties in order to maintain the mood of the poem theme.
I have tried to record Amir Meenai’s ghazal Ahista Ahista, hope you like it.
सरकतिी जाए है रुख्ह से नक़ाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
निकलता आ रहा है आफताब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
जावां होने लगे जब वो तो हम से कर लिया परदा
हया यकलख्ह्त आईइ और शबाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
शब-ए-फुर्कत का जागा हूँ फरिश्तों अब तो सोने दो
कभी फ़ुर्सत में कर लेना हिसाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
हमारे और तुम्हारे प्यार में बस फ़र्क है इतना
इधर तो जल्दी जल्दि है उधर आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
वो बेदर्दी से सर काटे “अमीर” और मैं कहु उन से
हुज़ूर आहिस्ता आहिस्ता, जनाब आहिस्ता आहिस्ता
A sensuous poem in English and Hindi.
And the Hindi version of it, version because I have not translated but written on the same theme.
Old Oak
Commitment
You there always
Around, beside me
Reside deep inside me
Nights sultry and days splendid
Wake up to life better than dreams
Years together winter summer rain
You there unnoticed but necessary
The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Get creative and write an Etheree with more than one verse, but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.
Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
…Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on!
नयन तुम्हारे हम पर जादू कर देंगे
न पता था वोही इस तरह ठग लेंगे
हमने सोचा उन बाँध नयन मैं होगी हमारी शरण
पता न था बेघर कर जाएँगे हमें यूँही बेकारण
Haiku Rules:
An unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment. Nature is combined with human nature. It usually consists of three lines of 5/7/5 (5 kana in the first line, 7 kana in the second line, and 5 kana in the third line) totaling seventeen kana.
A foreign adaptation of 1, usually written in three lines totaling 17 syllables or LESS.
Haiku is not written in the past, nor does it cover a long period of time.
Haiku usually contains a season word (called kigo). It is not a requirement, but season words are a big part of haiku.
Personal note: while I ain’t a pro at Haiku, I find some Haiku’s written devoid of anything to do with seasons or nature. While it may be completely a poet’s liberty and rightly so I personally find Haiku’s with a comparison of nature and human nature beautiful.