I love being able to express my views and thoughts on a diverse range of topics poetically, so I am happy to share that my poem, Arranged Marriage, has been published over at Free Verse Revolution! My heart goes out to Kristiana, the editor, for accepting this piece.
Free Verse Revolution shares the work of writers from around the world, offering a diverse range of beautiful writing by budding and established writers alike. Kristiana chooses beautiful images to compliment each poem.
I wrote this post with WordPress’s new Block Editor and, after much trial and tribulation, I finally found the magic button. In order to create a a space between paragraphs, one must hit shift+enter to prevent WordPress from merging the paragraphs into one. You can imagine my joy at discovering this, since most of my poetry needs diverse formatting.
There is still plentiful turmoil rocking the world’s cradle right now, but I agree that educating ourselves and seeking to understand the problem is one of the best ways to intentionally face any situation. Because we sometimes need our eyes opened to see a problem, I write about little things that hide away and try to be forgotten. Hence Arranged Marriage.
Beneath a mudslide
Lies my heart
Buried because you dislodged
The wrong rock on the
Search for my soul.
In your hand
As rough as the settling dust
The shovel is bent
Like the lines of your palm.
You dig for the rose
Between my teeth
And the diamonds that are my eyes and
Find scattered petals and
An oval of coal.
You weep for your child bride
With a laugh like the sunrise
But I die happy
Crushing your ring between two fingers
Until the jewel pops off and rolls
With your head
Down the slope into the river
Where I plan to take the midnight boat
And sail with the moon.
As always, I love hearing your thoughts on my writing!
Photo by Petr Ovralov on Unsplash
It is amazing that you got another poem released! Free Verse Revolution is doing great with your features! The world is kind of crazy right now. Lots of things we need to change. I feel you about arranged marriage. It is not something you want to do, ultimately. Keep up the great work!
Nancy ♥ exquisitely.me
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It is amazing that you got another poem released! Free Verse Revolution is doing great with your features! The world is kind of crazy right now. Lots of things we need to change. I feel you about arranged marriage. It is not something you want to do, ultimately. Keep up the great work!
Nancy ♥ exquisitely.me
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I have seen there is a new wordpress editor but I haven’t tried it yet, still coming to grips with the current one ha ha?!! Congratulations on another publication!
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Your discovery on the paragraphing tips makes reading easier. Thank you for sharing. Have a nice weekend🌻
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Congratulations on getting another piece published, you seem to be killing it right now. I’m still using classic editor, I can’t deal with the blocks! x
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I still struggle with blocks, but I figured best get it over with! 🙂 Thanks for enjoying this piece.
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Well done, congrats! Great poem!
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Congratulations, Jaya! This is such an amazing accomplishment that is so well deserved! I always love reading your latest work! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words!
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Congratulations Jaya!
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Again another wonderful poem! This is such an interesting piece.
Amber – The Unpredicted Page
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Congratulations!
Loved your poetry.
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Congratulations!
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Oh, I am so sorry I missed this yesterday. That’s a great piece, Java. Congratulations.
xoxo
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Thank you for your lovely words!
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Oh, I never thought about how annoying it must be to write poetry on WP! I’d lose my mind!!! Don’t know how you do it, but this you do it and that’s amazing.
This poem is lovely. Congrats on being published again!
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It took me a little while to get the hang of it, but it is a good feeling to have done it. Thanks so much for enjoying this piece!
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Once again, huge congratulations on getting published again but I’m not surprised. This is such a lovely poem, Jaya. Despite the topic, I thought it was a really hopeful poem, the feeling of escape and freedom was palpable. Thank you for sharing this with us! Lisa x
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Thank you! Your words meant a lot to me.
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Yet another wonderful poem. I LOVE the simplicity of your style and that you are still able to capture such depth with your words. Great work!
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Congratulations, Jaya! 🙂
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Your poem is so lovely and it made my heart flicker when I read it. You’re super talented 😁
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Aww, this made me smile today! Thank you.
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This poem is beautifully written, I like your choice of metaphors in the poem. The ending was for me the best part it was sad in a beautiful way.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. 🙂
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Wonderful words!! I agree about the new WordPress blocks as well!
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Congrats on getting this piece published! Also for figuring out the spacing on WordPress. I still have trouble with it myself.
Another great piece. Arranged marriages aren’t something that I usually think about. So this gives me a great opportunity to educate myself a little more.
Thank you!
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I love that I have given you a little something to think about. Thank you!
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Finally a statement I can agree on. Everyone Is missing something very important in the state of the world today. We need to educate ourself in order to better understand the problem to be able to solve it. I hope that you do decide to write a piece on the subject. I will be open to debate.
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Hmm, I like the idea of writing a piece on the subject! Thanks for the inspiration, and I love people open to debate.
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Your poem speaks at so many level and I love the hope you gave at the end – well done – congratulations
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Thank you for your lovely words! Glad you connected with this piece.
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My absolute pleasure
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