And dawn broke-
sunlight fell in streams across sapphire skies,
ruffled clouds flitted over crystal oceans-
colours shattered into amber and russets and mauve-
and birds flew up,
up to heaven in magnificent strokes.
©asleena
#sqb
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asleena 38w
I like the town on Rainy Nights
I like the town on rainy nights,
When raindrops splatter on cobblestones,
Weeds sprouting in the sidewalks.
I like the town
on those nights,
when the sky unleashes his fury
and rain falls. And falls.
I like the town on those days when I can draw hearts
on frosty windows - and dream.
Dream of days long gone.
I like the town on so many days-
when the wind howls and flings itself on the shuddering windows,
when the world seems to be
listless. And sceptre-gray rainclouds
rumble in the distance.
I like the town on those nights,
when Loneliness permeates the air,
and sinks deep into us with every breath.
I like the town on those nights
when the whooshing wind expresses all I want to say.
©asleena -
asleena 39w
Perhaps we are all just dandelion seeds who have forgotten the way home
©asleena -
asleena 39w
I want to write poetry
to try to capture the beauty of this world
in the gold threads of tapestries,
into the fabric of life,
spinning inside and out.
I want to write poetry
because sometimes I'm so drunk on words
I cannot find my way out of
the tangled threads of the universe
I want to write poetry
to try and weave myself
into the fabric of existence
I want to write poetry,
over and over again
©asleena -
asleena 41w
This poem is written on a prompt by @carolyns_challenges.
Thank you so much for the repost @writersnetwork !!
It was inspired by a line by Roger Waters, "You shout and no one seems to hear."
This line reminded me of the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment which was proposed in March 2020. It dilutes the voices of the people who may get adversely affected by developmental projects by scrapping public hearings.
An Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA ) is basically a process of evaluating environmental impacts of a proposed project. Under the Draft EIA 2020, if there is local resistance to polluting industries, their voices will not matter. The impacts such industries can have one the people are:
1. Nearby water bodies get polluted and people will lose access to clean drinking water
2. If the soil is polluted, the crops farmers sow won't grow.
3. Some pollutants can seriously affect the human health in the area, etc
Anyone who is concerned about this, you can go to the link in my bio to check out all the tools/resources which will help you understand this issue better and act on it.
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@mann_se_ @soulfulstirrings @mithoo @day_dreamzYou shout and no one seems to hear
All the words lost in this frightening storm
Does it all even matter?
All the things that I have lost
Does it even matter?
When all I see are forests razed,
Gas leaks galore, the mangles bodies of innocents
sprawled on blood-red fields.
And everybody says- these things happen,
move on! But
you're shouting and no one seems to hear
my voice matters (the words ringing in your ear)
It ruins forests, it ruins lives,
All those gems lost in the storm which moves nearer, nearer
it's here now.
You shout and no one seems to hear
my voice matters (the words ringing in your ear)
©asleena -
asleena 41w
I hope this makes sense.
#colour
#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #colours #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli #writersofmirakee #water #utopia #purple #blue #silver #moon #world #murky #darkness #eternityThey say Utopia doesn't exist
that land of spinning eternity loops
reflecting golden specks of stardust
They say they waters are blue there,
bluer than the skies, the blue of
purity. But I just can't stop
staring at these waters-
the silvery streams in the murky darkness,
the moon smiles upon the world
with blessings of silvery richness.
I think of another world, another time,
with ill, purple
waters. I wish all of us were okay.
©asleena -
asleena 42w
#write
Thank you so much @writersnetwork for the repost!
#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli #mirakeewrites #poems #poetry #poet #poetessI write fairy breezes into existence,
Stringing together words into
lapis-lazuli necklaces and silver anklets
that shimmer against lavender skies.
I write because I want to scatter them into the wind,
these words and their magic
I want to feel morning mist splattering against my face-
the way reality does after you've been buried too long in books. In words.
In that all encompassing magic. I write because
I want to see clouds of imagination puffing
out into the sky, I want to see tomorrows.
I want to live and breathe Utopia.
These ink-smeared hands and coffee-stained pages? They're home,
like nothing ever was.
My skin soaks up words- words, words, and more words.
enoug
Because no matter how much I read, no matter how much I write,
it won't be enough.
©asleena -
asleena 43w
The second acrostic poem I've written in my life! Happy father's Day, all the wonderful papas out there!
#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli #happyfathersday #father #dad #papa #witersofmirakeeFlowers in my hair, petrichor in the
Air, you by my side, as
The rock of support that you are
Hell and heaven may clash, and
Everywhere there may be war, but
Right now you are here, and so all is well.
©asleena -
asleena 43w
Wrote this because I'm pissed at the massive deforestation happening in India, with the government approving unnecessary projects which cause MASSIVE deforestation and habitat loss, and irreparable damage to local communities. Also, these projects aren't even necessary. There are alternatives to them which don't destroy our world, and ways in which the damage can be minimised, and that's not even happening.
Here you go @siddiqua_
(Didn't think I'd get back to writing so soon)
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@thoughtsprocess @preetkanwal @mithoo
@sadrita_chakraborty
@mann_se_ @veloc1ty_ @piu_writes @aivsairandhri @wind_chime7Once upon a time, your
petrichor-scent-infused hug
would've been enough
to drive away all my fears
Once upon a time, I could
rest my face against peeling barks
and cry, watching my tears sinking into you.
Once upon a time, oh, there are so many things
I don't want to talk about, not now.
I see them destroying you,
taking away all that I had cherished.
All the bitter hopes and dreams, disappearing
like wisps of steam
Smoky sands replace the rich brown earth
I once loved to dig my feet in
I choke on air I cannot breathe, air
which doesn't have the sweetness
of yesterdays.
This doesn't seem like the Utopia I dreamed of, the world
I wanted to live in
I want a better world.
©asleena -
asleena 48w
Buttery sunlight
falls on green grass, I watch clouds
flitting across the
blue skies, petrichor
is woven into the wind
which sings of summer
©asleena -
asleena 49w
Dear Friends, this is a very important message for us to act on. Please object to the Environmental Impact Assesment (EIA) Darft 2020 by mailing the Environment Ministry. (Link in my bio)
Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA ) is a process of evaluating environmental impacts of a proposed project taking into account inter-related socio-economic, cultural and human-health impacts. Draft EIA 2020 by Government of India proposes to legitimize actions currently listed as violations, dilutes rules by expanding list of projects exempted from public consultation & does not prescribe a robust post environment clearance monitoring system. Besides giving a lot of discretionary powers to govt authorities, Draft EIA 2020 is heavily loaded in favour of industries allowing polluting industries to pollute more and causing immense harm to nature. Under the new draft EIA, industries set to benefit from no public consulting are chemical fertilizers, pesticides, petroleum product plants & many more. If there is local resistance to these polluting industries, their voices will not matter. Removing public consultation spells disaster as it is a must for any environment clearance process.
The government has called for objections. Please share this petition link widely urging people in your networks to sign. All our local environment and forest battles will fall flat if the EIA is manipulated. We all have to work together to stop this Draft from becoming a Notification.
So please, PLEASE go to the link in my bio and click on it and send a mail to the Environment Ministry and share this as much as possible.
#SaveEIA #StopEcocide #SaveIndianForests
(the poem I've written is from the perspective of a bird, who might lose her home due to this reckless deforestation)
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@mann_se_ @soulfulstirrings @mithoo @day_dreamz @dusky_dawn @wind_chime7 @roel_gonz @veloc1ty_ @sanguinity @the_bird_on_earth.
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asleena 49w
#haiku #verdant
#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli
@soulfulstirrings @sumana_chakraborty @solace @veloc1ty_ @sadrita_chakraborty @wind_rider @wind_chime7 @jeniayn @day_dreamz @dusky_dawnThe Woods
Losing myself in
verdant woods, pitter-patter of
rain, chirping crickets.
©asleena -
asleena 50w
But I just can't get enough
of these violet skies,
the kind with richly hued clouds
I can't help staring at
as day turns into night, continuing
The endless cycle of nature
Death and rebirth, intertwining
so that you cannot make out
the differences between them. My soul
craves drunken beauty, the kind that
falls in shafts between puffy clouds,
buttery sunshine, except it isn't
buttery any more
It's blue and indigo and violet,
all the calming colours of the rainbow
which I never knew I needed
until now
- asleena
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@soulfulstirrings @sumana_chakraborty @solace @veloc1ty_ @day_dreamz @dusky_dawn @preetkanwal @thoughtsprocess @wind_chime7 @roel_gonz #nature #love #life #inspiration #poetry #thoughts #diaryall the calming colours of the rainbow
which I never knew I needed
until now
©asleena -
asleena 51w
Haiku.
Image credit: Pinterest
#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli
@soulfulstirrings @day_dreamz @dusky_dawn @veloc1ty_ @the_bird_of_wonderland @ak_anjali_daydreamzz @thoughtsprocess @preetkanwal @sproutedseeds @mann_se_But then, every day
Is another promise to
hope, to live, to heal
©asleena -
asleena 53w
#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli #listless #lost #couch #pen #paper #words #comfort #cloth #wind #sunlight #pain #emotions #windows #monotonous
@soulfulstirrings @sumana_chakraborty @solace @writersnetwork @wind_chime7 @day_dreamz @dusky_dawn @veloc1ty_ @the_bird_of_wonderland @aivsairandhriBut I'm losing myself again
Too many words and emotions
In my head, it gets too much,
This pain
I reach out
For pen and paper, my sole comfort
These days
From where I sit lazily on my couch
Sunlight falling in shafts across
The tortilla-chocolate cloth
Wind whooshing in through
All-too familiar windows
Everything seems so monotonous these days
©asleena -
asleena 53w
Mirakee prompt- #dreams
#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli
@soulfulstirrings @sumana_chakraborty @solace @veloc1ty_ @the_bird_of_wonderland @wind_chime7 @day_dreamz @dusky_dawn @roel_gonz @odysseus"Of course I want to get into fairyland. Appa says all dreamers do, so I'm praying to God to let me go as soon as possible," she explained.
©asleena -
asleena 54w
The words are arranged so as to form a wave!!
#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli
@soulfulstirrings @sumana_chakraborty @solace @sproutedseeds @mithoo @mann_se_ @odysseus @preetkanwal @thoughtsprocess @thesunshinelovesThe ocean,
Blue, and vast
Depthless keeper
of- oh, many secrets,
Where you hear
The voices
Of the
Lost
Howling
winds over the
placid surface; as
Unruffled as time, always
Whispering secrets to
The wind who has
No aim.
©asleena -
asleena 54w
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#julietscorner #tanzread #n_zaara #ni89gale #mirakee #writersnetwork #readwriteunite #mirakee_assistant #sqb #ceesreposts #yaminireads #sangfroid_soul #love_poet #Dimf #shaliya #satender #yaish_ #writerstolli
@soulfulstirrings @sumana_chakraborty @veloc1ty_ @the_bird_of_wonderland @ak_anjali_daydreamzz @sproutedseeds @mithoo @solace @sadrita_chakraborty @wind_chime7Poetry; soothing
wind to the turbulent storms,
The rays of golden
sunlight through the grey
storm-clouds, the only thing
I can't get enough of.
©asleena -
sarbari_thinks 54w
Bhuli bisri baatein yaad dilau
Ya sajau naye khwaab
Rang bharu naye hauslon mein
Ya ruswaaiyon ka mai karu hisaab
©sarbari_thinks -
asleena 52w
I look up at the midnight firmament
Speckled with blazing stars
A night breeze drifts past me
In this hour of quiet twilight
It's a long time before
The winds roar at the mountains
Screaming at the cragged hillsides
In angry notes
The way they do
On stormy winter nights
Those days, they are
The days that I want to rage and scream
My voice, and the wind's, converging
Like howling wolves
Letting go
Of everything
©asleena
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@soulfulstirrings @sumana_chakraborty @solace @veloc1ty_ @ak_anjali_daydreamzz @sproutedseeds @preetkanwal @thoughtsprocess @mann_se_ @mithooSo many
Shooting stars tonight
©asleena