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.
Ahista Ahista – my recording
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
Unison – sensual emotions
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.
Soulmate – an Etheree
Soulmate
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!
Yeh Nayan Dare Dare
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
Happiness – A Haiku
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.
O’Lover – A Sedoka Poem
My first attempt at a Sedoka. The Katauta is an unrhymed Japanese form consisting of 17 or 19 syllables. The poem is a three-lined poem the following syllable counts: 5/7/5 or 5/7/7.
The Katauta form was used for poems addressed to a lover. A single katauta is considered incomplete or a half-poem, however, a pair of katautas using the syllable count of 5,7,7 is called a sedoka.
Welcome the Storm
T’was us t’was me and you
You promised me all my dreams come true
You promised me sunshine in winters
And be by me like autumn dew
I in turn stood by you in dusk and dawn
Took a thorny path of no return
We saw together the coming storm
I am sure you did protect me with no harm
When the storm hit me, I looked for your hand
Nowhere was your presence left me disdained
I faced the storm alone and strong
It taught me lessons of my wrong
You responded to none, my pain and my cries
Now all I wait is for this time to fly
All I look for now is strong commitment
One day, yes I wait for the day to get over this disenchantment.
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Seduction – A Haiku
Pearls of perspiration travel down your brow onto my shoulders
Like the dew drops trickle on a rose petal
धीरे धीरे …….मद्धम मद्धम
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Note: Have taken a little leeway from the rules of a Haiku 🙂
Soul – A Diamante
Soul
Kindled passionate
Flaming Seducing
Hopeful Happy Luckless Chastened
Inflicting Scourging Punishing
Wakeful Pious
Spirit
I have tried a new poem form called Diamante. A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject. The forth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing synonym/antonym. If using an antonym for the ending, this is where the shift should occur. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing the ending antonym/synonym, and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending antonym/synonym. The last line ends with the first noun’s antonym or synonym.
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject
Would like more readers and friends to join in 🙂