She plays with fire

This week's prompt from d'Verse poets pub, a challenge put by Lillian- "Homophone me" urges us to write a poem using homophones.

The words I have chosen for this one are air/heir, fair/fair/fare(d), flair/flare, stair(s)/stare(d), few/phew

2016 © Vijita Pillai 


Praises in the air,
she was no big-shot's heir -
For the fair young lady
with flair to paint flames flare;
to have fared well, was only so fair!
As she climbed stairs of success,
few eyes glared and stared,
Phew! now she doesn’t really care!

Comments

  1. Sreeja20 October 2016 at 12:09

    Cool...and casual way...of course ... ;)

    ReplyDelete
  2. kaykuala20 October 2016 at 14:14

    As she climbed stairs of success,
    Few eyes glared and stared,
    Phew! Now she doesn’t really care!

    She flaunts it and bask in the fun! Why not for a young lady! Wonderful lines Vijita!

    Hank

    ReplyDelete
  3. De Jackson20 October 2016 at 21:29

    A fun little homophone ditty, here. ;)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Dr. Vijita Pillai20 October 2016 at 21:49

      Thank you! I preferred short... writing big ones need perfection, I would have clearly ruined it :D

      Delete
  4. Sanaa Rizvi20 October 2016 at 23:23

    with flair to paint flames flare;
    to have fared well, was only so fair!

    I just love how you play with words here ❤️

    ReplyDelete
  5. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.com21 October 2016 at 00:27

    Oh MY! You hit the trifecta of homophones :) Phew! Few have made the trifecta -- and you know three is a magical number! :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Dr. Vijita Pillai21 October 2016 at 10:07

      So glad you liked it. Thanks to you for having come up with such a nice prompt:) it was fun writing this (may be, nano..) poem! :)

      Delete
  6. Brian21 October 2016 at 00:36

    A fairly presented poem.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Victoria Ceretto-Slotto21 October 2016 at 00:45

    So fun and with so many flairs!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Path of life

Image
PC: Mi Young Lee …and when the cassette began to rewind - I looked at what I earned and lost on my way. The reel showed a vibrant mosaic of colours; a patch of happy as well as bad times. No turns, no ups, nor downs but straight, I assessed the path of my emotional life. All the grouch seems useless now, time had been kind and always on my side. With every dark patch it offered a light zone, And all through with love and support of the own… In response to Susie's "Bits of imagination" at IGWRT .
Read more

Golden canopy

Image
For  Carpe Diem  Universal Jane #3 riversong Kristjaan Panneman at CDHK challenges us to write a Tan Renga or Soliloquy continuing with Jane Reichhold's autumn haiku- riversong: Riversong Wind blowing from autumn tree A stream of gold Submitting Tan Renga: riversong wind blowing from autumn tree A stream of gold   (JR) sun gleaming from canopy kisses earth through orange veil
Read more

Learning from Experience

Image
This week at Imaginary garden with real toads, poets frame queries in "Fashion me a poem", using not more than 100 words, in the style of Emily Dickinson's 'Answer July' Here's one on the dilemma on which is the best phase of life - past, present or future:  PC: www.google.co.in Answer tomorrow -  What do you hold - Where lies my smile - Which way to memory? Sighed tomorrow - Are you bold - Can you laugh every while - Yester is remembrance already! I am gone - said yesterday - What did I teach - Where is the dream - Do you wish to deem - What is it today? Frowns today – Is past the leisure I had – Is future good or bad – How many more of me(s) to add? Exclaimed – life explained – Beautiful was yester – Upcoming not to pester – Today a daily fad! Live everyday – taught experience PC: www.google.co.in
Read more