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A flower in a wasteland
Crowned Poem, English Poetry |
A bud opens its eye
to make way
for the light to
reflect upon the newly acquainted
to ponder over the sinlessness
contrasting the dark background
to aggrandize the bright white
& its struggle for survival
beneath the desiccated
canopy of dullness
Acting as an oasis for a passerby
I can’t help but commiserate
With this lone patriot in a losing battle
Even though the grey embellishes its sparkle
sometimes, when one is low
It still saddens to see a flower in a wasteland
© Copyright Hitesh Thukral 2011
love the way it ended while it began with dark imageries.some lines are exceptionally well written while few(no offence meant) needed a little working. u write real well,u have raised your bars yourself, thus the expectation.
Thanks for ur appreciation nd sry fr any disappointment. I’ll try my best to meet d expectations next tym 🙂
A nice poem, well written, Hitesh.
Thanks a lot ma’am
Hitesh,
very expressive. Great mood created. Strong conclusion to the poem.
Gion
I have one or two suggestions –
“..commiserate
With…”
” and its struggle for survival
beneath the (arching, weighing, cloying, depressing)
canopy of dullness” – I feel dull / dullness is a repetition here that detracts from the lines.
Thanks Sir for the appreciation and the suggestions. I hav incorporated them.
Just to clarify I repeated dull with dullness jst to attempt in amplifying the effect of the word while imagining, that’s all. Nevertheless, thanks a lot for your comments, Sir
Beauitifully written!
thanks