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TSL prompt- I am challenged to write a travel poem

April 27, 2020

Twice in the last three years
my husband, me and our children
have traveled in the flight
as patients of homesickness
carrying with us a load of memories,
suitcases jam-packed with
desi curry powders and snacks
whiffing yet the fresh fragrance
of motherland
above blue seas
along green pastures
beneath white passing clouds
of time.

From East to West
lost in the sleep of thoughts
missing
fervors of festivals
jasmines and yellow chrysanthemums
leaving behind kith and Kin
with tears masked by smiles
away by miles
into a zone of its own aura.

Copyrights @Brindha Vinodh

TSL prompt:challenged to write with opening lines given and a portrait/painting in conversation with poetry
April 26, 2020

A newly wed husband gifted
to his beautiful blooming bride
a painting of a bird and flowers
with such elan as of elegant pride.

“Places you can find love
It sits around lurking in places”
intricately interwoven like the tapestry
of well-embedded laces.

He said to his wife, “Look deep
through those flowers, red, white and yellow
as the bird anxiously anticipates
in silent melodies of mellow.”

The wife replied, “Its beautiful
and painted so well by the artist.
He said, “ Through the music of memories,
it waits for the song of the true harpist.”

The husband continued, “Love
is unconditional and pristine
and lurks latently in anticipation,
in hopes through gleamed eyes that shine”.

The wife was still confused
and couldn’t comprehend his every word
and therefore he continued, “Wait for me
unconditionally like that bird

till I come back alive or dead
but I will be back for sure.
A soldier keeps his promise
and I will be back for sure.”

The wife cried, her tears
a mixture of pain and pride
as she embraced him tightly
gearing up to sail her next stride.

“Places you can find love
It sits around lurking in places”
intricately interwoven like the tapestry
of well-embedded laces.

Copyrights @Brindha Vinodh