Zeppelin

zany zippers, zany zeal
zingy zaftig, zippy zeroes
zoom zebus, zebrafishes

Xian

xoana
xats
xysts
xenial

xian

Weavers

wise winds, wired words
wide wilderness, wispy wait
wonder worms, wilted wars
wedged worlds, woven wings

Velvet Vipers

violet veins, violet venom
verdant vials, vicious verses
vermillion vest, vicarious vampires
verdant voices, velvet vipers

Universes

unborn universes, unknown Unicorn
unfed urchins, unread Ulysses
unsorted ulcers, unheard Ukulele
unfold utterances, unfold urges

Tendrils

taut time, tendrils tender
timeless terrain, tainted trails
trickle taps, tick-tock tomorrows
tepid tapes, tallowed tubes

Sedate

shimmer soft, sedate stories
slither sounds, supine spaces
silent strikes, sublime stars

Rounded Rays

rounded rays, ringed rain
rusted reflection, rueful roses
rivers rugged, roosters red
ridged rosewood, Roman rocks

Questions

quarantined questions, quilted quarters
queues, quakes, quintessential quivers
quips, quests, quotidian Quixotes
quelled quack, quaint queens

Prayers

plaited pipes, prosody parched
patterns purple, peppered past
plumes puckered, prosaic pauses
painted pains, psychedelic poker

Orange

owl’s ogle, ominous orange
omen ornate, oyster old
oracle’s ooze, overweight
overdraft, oversight, overboard

Nails

neon nectar, nightingale nests
nymphs, novellas, nuances noble
nomad nickels, narcotic napalm
nights nailed, nylon noose

mother

mild manners, mellow morrow
mumbles, masks, murmurs
margarine, marmalade
mist, memo, maple
melt, microwave, mild

Lines

lounge, leaves, long looks
luster, luscious laughs
labels, lacquered lines
lime, loving, limousine

Constant

orange nails, tiger’s last dream
red smoke, blues, wafered puns
age in its one piece monologue

Sounds

teardrops in red
two by two
estranged
paint one ground
in two worlds

If Yesterday Were a Door

if yesterday were a door
would you find her hand
where the sunset slid

if yesterday were a door
would you hold her smile
where the memories hid

Flight

acres on the palm
when fears grow thin
flights on a rainbow
of circular time

A Bite of Moon

doors melt in my eyes
fishes shiver in fright
if rabbits could count ducks
leaves would spread smiles

Homes

time is water
taped on an unbending light
these pages stand
high eyed frogs
nights hemmed on verdana

Mexico

moments they grow thick
deep pauses in mind
of fresh Nopal, the Mexican pink

held in a temper of love
fills this cupful of heart
in green, white and red
with sublime sounds

A Note

Hi All, it has been a really long time since I posted poems here. Recently I have been working on making music videos with Covid as the theme blended with my guitar compositions (to whatever extent I know to play). I am posting them in my wordpress page – https://quatrainpoems.wordpress.com/

It is not poetry in written form but then is there any thing that does not have poetry underneath? These music videos are a series as part of 30 days challenge I took on myself.

-Venkat

Arrows

arrows
arrows they bled tears
thin sheets of time
split words under water
in jawless whirls
nails in clouds fill my dream

these sheets of tender ink
leave words under stones
to colour these stitches
fetch love in threads

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Meaning

time comes with a lid
no handles to hold
the night was a thief
dark thumbs to wear
kept dreams to count
love without doors
leaves but feathers
till days break aloud
to let in theives
for their tall times

you are the wall
you are the mother
you are the duck
you are the music
you are the night
you are the sound
you are the silence

Cosmos

the clever skies come soft
from cocoons of my words
the Sun has its coat aloft
in thick seas of thoughts

Relativity of Life

bright in gold in jars of silence

who hides in wings of time
ever open in bars of distance
to that omnipresent
relativity of life

Seeds of Everything

where swans flap not their wings
where waters keep no shadows
where eyes see nothing

Heart

every silence has a heart
so does every stone
some peel with time
some need a hand