The other night, I wasn’t in the mood to tackle a Twitter poetry prompt but still wanted to write…maybe to provide my own inspiration. So using my twitter handle @sonyakassam, I threw around a couple of tweets thinking they may eventually give me an idea for a poem, basically I was talking to myself. To my surprise and delight @aleyakassam replied prompting me to keep tweeting. And to our further delight, we were soon joined by @just_sham_it and the 3 of us kept tweeting in turns at such a fast pace. The spontaneity of it all was the best part, and magically it has formed into a unique form of poetry that I am proud to post here. We enjoyed speaking our minds, insinuating through this creative interaction and hope you have as much fun reading it.
Colors are not (only) to brighten up the poem, they refer to the person who tweeted the couplet, I’m sure you would have figured that out ;-)
so little to say
so many ways to say it
so little to say
so many people saying it
so much to say
so few people saying it
so little to hide
so many stealing it
so much to protect
so few up to it
so much freedom
so few liberated
so many lines
so few colouring
so much pain
so few praying
so much pain
so many just praying
so many minds
such few thoughts
so much insanity
so little humanity
so many deaths
so few mourning
so many alive
so few living
so many tweets
such little wit
so much to have
such little it means
so many heavens
just one earth
so many chicken wings
so few burgers
:)
so many cooks
such little broth
so much music
so few dancing
so many destinations
such few walking
so many laughs
such little joy
so many mothers
such few fathers
so much civilization
so few civil
so many talking
such few being
so many answers
such few questions
so many magazines
such few trees
so much history
such few memories
so many borders
such little land
so many gods
such few blessings
so many houris
for just one jihadi
so many nights
such little sleep
so many dreams
just one night
so many candles
such few moths
so much light
such little illumination
so many mice
too little cheese
unless we bring down the moon
with the weight of our dreams!
May your dreams tonight
be but a shadow
of what your hopes are
for tomorrow
Aleya and Shamit are brilliant and passionate writers, have a look at their blogs and you’ll know what I mean
What else is there left to say except that it takes …
… so little time to leave
so many comments
:-)
Do let us have your thoughts about the verses, and feel free to add some of your own.
P.S. this post inspired my poem many borders
Your SO LITTLE is SO MUCH to read :) stay blessed
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Thank you SO MUCH Tanveer :)
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pleasure dear one
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its an exquisite, awe-provoking piece of art.keep up
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We actually had a lot of fun 😄 thank you.
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It’s beautiful indeed. Creativity is limitless and collaborative creativity becomes even better than we expect!
Thanks for sharing it, Sonya.
Love and light <3
Anand :)
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Thank you Anand. I love interactions and collaborations. In the past these created such beautiful compositions.
( For some reason I didn’t see your comment, sorry for this late reply)
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It’s alright Sonya. Happy New Year!
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Three musical instruments teasing each other…
such delightful music; with
so few notes
I hope I am not exhausting you with my wonder filled comments… I feel like a child in a playhouse filled with toys :-)
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Thank you for trying it out, it’s pretty addictive :-)
Oh not at all exhausted. I’m enjoying your comments. They make me think too.
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Love this!
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Thank you for visiting and leaving me your feedback :-)
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So much love… so little time…
Loved your twittathon… so much….
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so little time
so much to waste
Much love to you mj and thanks for contributing
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Awesome. There are some really classic lines here. I especially like the prayer exchange.
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Hi Sreejit, thank you for your feedback. Yes. I found the 2nd prayer couplet
“so much pain
so many just praying”
was unexpected. Shamit seems to be good at putting a twist in our thoughts.
Happy to hear you liked this post.
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Dear Sonya, Aleya, and Shamit,
How very great is this creation! I like how thoughts/words are woven together to paint nuanced themes, conveying much meaning in a few words.
Thank you for this.
All good wishes,
robert
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Thanks from us all, Robert. “Woven” is so appropriate. In fact Aleya described it as “A quilt was woven in a series of tweets” in the post on her blog.
And you did it too…
such few words
so much meaning conveyed
:)
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Wow this is wonderful, thanks Sonya.
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Pleased that you enjoyed it Ranu…thank you!
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So much intelligence
So little wisdom
So much fear
So little love
So much pain
So few healers
So much seriousness
So little laughter
So much watching others
So little watching self
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Excellent! Thank you for your contribution. We could just go on and on, it can become addictive.
so much infinity
so little forever
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