Recap of the A to Z Challenge !

A to Z Challenge was a wonderful experience  for me as I wrote a poem for each letter of the alphabets in English.I had many words to use for each letter but choose one among them that fits the NaPoWriMo's prompt too.I was also taking up another challenge for April.Two challenges in a month and I completed one.With two more posts, I would complete the other one too in this week. 

This post is a small recap of the A to Z Challenge .I have a separate page for the April challenge "A to Z Challenge"as you can see above.Click them and see!

A to Z Challenge 

1. A CCEPTANCE
2. B RANCHES
3. C OLLECTIONS
4. D EAR
5. E PIDEMIC
6. F UN
7. G O GAGA!
8. H OME / H EADLINES
9. I MAGE / I CECREAM
10. J ASMINE
11. K ALEIDOSCOPE
12. L ABOR
13. M EMORIES
14. N EW
15. O MNIPOTENT
16. P OETRY
17. Q UIET
18. R OYAL WEDDING
19. S OUND OF MUSIC
20. T AMIL LANGUAGE
21. U MAMAHESWARI 
22. V EERAPANDIYA KATTABOMMAN
23. W EDDING 
24. X CHROMOSOME
25. Y CHROMOSOME
26. Z EST

I have learned many things while writing for the prompts and I am happy about it .Finally I have done my best and did justice to my heart .

So if you want to toss out more of A to Z bloggers ,visit Arlee's here and have fun.

The Whispering Dewdrops - ZEST(Z) Poetry for a Change

THE CHANGE (Finding Zest in life)

Each thoughts that never happens, recalls God's presence

Who knows the ends of the each chapter in human's life

Humans who never knows his destined end, hence

Expect more even after each ends which holds his life in strife

Heart, a place unfenced lets thoughts from all around

Letting people e to leaves their footprints unnoticed

One person to share a heart, the life is safe and sound

If another joins claming her rights, one is left to contend 

The starting and ending of a life is a mystery hidden

The correct path or the correct way, no one ever knows 

Each single path cross and they change, the journey ends

If we know the reality of change, we understand how life flows

Original content of the Tamil song by poet Kaviarasu Kanadasan :

Ninaipathellam nadanthuvittal theivam ethum illai

Nadanthathaye ninaithirunthal amaithi endrum illai

Mudintha kathai thodarvathillai iraivan etinile

Thodarntha kathai mudivathillai manithan etinile

Ayiram vasal ithayam athil ayiram ennangal uthayam

Yaaro varuvar yaaro irupar varuvathum povathum theriyathu

Oruvar mattum kudi irunthal thunbam ethumillai

Ondriukka ondru vanthal endrum amaithi illai

Ninaipathellam..(repeat)

Enge vazhkai thodangum athu enge evitham mudiyum

Ithu than pathai ithu than payanam enbathu yaaukkum theriyathu

Pathaiyellam mari varum… payanam mudinthuvidum

Maruvathu purinthu kondal mayakkam thelinduvidum

Ninaipathellam(repeat)


Submitted for A to Z Challenge for the last alphabet (Z)  and NaPoWriMo's prompt of translating a poem from another language into English.

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The Whispering Dewdrops - X and Y Chromosome in Poetic Science and The Riddle of Science

X and Y Chromosome 

Why they are important ? Without them there are no lives , no birth.They determine the sex of you and me .The female has two X chromosomes and the male has one X and one Y chromosome.A chromosome consists of a single, very long DNA helix on which thousands of genes are encoded.

So what are genes?

In simple words, Genes hold the information to build and maintain an organism's cells (The cell is the functional basic unit of life) and pass genetic traits to offspring meaning they are the unit of heredity in a living organism.Each person normally has one pair of sex chromosomes in each cell .The X chromosome represents about 5% of the total DNA in women's cells, 2.5% in men's.The other 2.5 in men is taken by the Y chromosome.

DNA in the X-chromosome is passed from mother to her son or daughter whereas the DNA in the Y-chromosome is passed from father to son .In case of a daughter , the DNA in the X -chromosome is passed from father to daughter. Since the father retains his X chromosome from his mother, a human female has one X chromosome from her paternal grandmother (father's side), and one X chromosome from her mother.

My A to Z challenge for X and Y both , is written with the above Chromosomes .I'm trying to modify the above explanation into a simple Haiku .Here I am with the Title :

X and Y Chromosome in Poetic Science:

X Chromosome :

A Daughter is born

Mother's X combines Father's

His X Chromosome

Y Chromosome :

Son's birth is confirmed

Mother's X combines Father's

One Y Chromosome

Know how to write a Haiku 


The NaPoWriMo's Riddle poem :


Science Is Solving Riddles Of .....
Science is solving riddles of the Origin of life
The big bang theory denoting the formation of universe
Or the DNA cells ,a life in the invisible nucleus
The Adam and Eve ,the world's first human life
Or the Gorillas and the apes ,the hairy two legged


Science is solving riddles of Communications
Languages between the humans and his body
Languages between the plants and ecology
The Zoology of the animals ,life and their living
The fast space disc and the UFO aliens


Science is solving riddles of the Earth
The ocean's depth and the sky's expansion
The ozone depletion and the green house effect
The new diseases and the sudden natural disasters
The birth and the death ,the God and the Ghost


What the Science doesn't know is that
Science will be solving riddles of the life
Unending in nature unless the human's diverts
The search that is outside .....Within

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The Whispering Dewdrops - Wedding (W) April 29 Royal Life

The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011 at 11:00 United Kingdom Time ,TODAY in the Westminster Church. A poetry again for the Royal Celebration in UK with (W) taking the word WEDDING  and for NaPoWriMo's prompt "most favorite word"-Wedding .Cant help writing one more :)

Royal Wedding -A Kiss

A longing fairy tale comes true as festival

This day in April,a special stay in every heart

The Kingdom fills with Kate's love and arrival

Making a royal appearance on the aisle with pride

People are waiting for their new Princess

To wed the charming Williams ,the Prince

Offerings through poems,Poets we bless

Those enthralling every eyes around this province

Church bells and horses, Trumpets and verses

Noises of Cheers that uplifts The Britain

An Angel in White dress ,humble through noises

Marking in History, UK's best Royal Procession

This day in April,a special stay in every heart

Making a fairy tale to come alive in real

Sketching and molding of blessings in every arts

Spreading the magic word carefully with seal

WATCH LIVE STREAMING OF THE ROYAL WEDDING

Finally the Royal Wedding was over in most happy and royal way.They came in expensive cars to the Church to get married with the blessing of the Lord and the people and then rode on the Royal Chariot as husband and wife ,as the Duke(already) and the Duchess of England way back Home to their Buckingham Place 

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The Whispering Dewdrops - Veerapandiya Kattabomman (V) NaPoWriMo poetry

Veerapandiya Kattabomman 

Veerapandiya Kattabomman was born to Jagaveera Kattabomman and Arumugattammal on January 3, 1760.Kattabomman is the pivot of the emerging feeling of Tamil nationhood who fought for India and was finally executed by hanging him unceremoniously on a Tamarind tree in Kayathar (near Thirunelveli)

Kattabomman is recognized by the government as one of the earliest independence fighters opposing the British and has been hailed as the inspiration behind the first battle of independence of 1857, which the British called the Sepoy Mutiny.His story is celebrated in many legends and epic poetry in Tamil.In honor of his bravery , a Memorial fort was constructed ,postal stamps(1799), few transport buses and a Cultural association were named after him.Even a famous Tamil film portraying the life of Veerapandiya Kattabomman was taken by storm by a great actor of our times Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan.


A folk dance "Devarattam" in Tamil Nadu is persevered by the descendants of Veerapandiya Kattabomman to denote victory in the battle.

VeeraPandiyaKattabomman

Full name	Veemaraja Jagaveera Pandiya Kattabomman

I am now going to use these rhyming ends given by NaPoWriMo's prompt to write a short epic poem about this great warrior-" rage,doom, age, tomb , sighs, breast, thighs, west, mad, blues, plaid, shoes, fail, mail"and write a Bout-rimes MEANING I write  a sort of poetic parlor game ,like  you write a poem using the rhyming end words from another poem. I was hesitating to post my poems for the last few days because of copyright infringement that I faced with a particular site .But if that one stops me from writing and also stopping my growth ,I am losing my precious visitors who come to my blog.There are many poems ,more than 100 for him to chose from ,so I took a brave decision to write again till the end of A to Z challenge and NaPoWriMo.Hope he understands my plight and leave me alone to write freely without problems

That special steady walk he owns in rage 

Reddish yellow fire burning even at this age

Furious of being one among the doomed 

In defense for his people ,he stood like a tomb

He never let his heart down which made his enemy sigh

Preserving a walk of bravery with his strong thigh

He always has his straight shoulder and upright breast

And eyes boiling in anger seeing the torments of the west

"I'm Veerapandiya Kattabomman", his roar drives one mad

That makes the battle steam up ,a tartan plaid

Even with the tortures he faced,he never fell at their shoes

Finally being executed by hanging made all his followers blue

Tragic ending , yet he was one among the freedom fighters to mail

Spreading the message of bravery for their own rights without fail

-  @Copyright -Umamaheswari Anandane

VeerapandiyaKattabomman Statue

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The Whispering Dewdrops - Umamaheswari Anandane(U) poetry

The alphabet "U" stands for my name, yes, my Name "Umamaheswari Anandane" for a change .She is ME and I am SHE :)

1

Critics and Editors

Trying to find out 

the brain behind this creation

look for a star ,budding slowly

among the thousands in sky

rifled through the clear night sky

shining brighter and brighter

as the eyes stare for long time

mes-mering them in its light

and mocking the moon beside 

telling that there are times in

new moon day,where you disappear

but not for 

a star like me

See who we are !

Funny yet true 

every man has his day

even stars have its day 

2

U.M.A.M.A.H.E.S.W.A.R.I

Meditating her name making a math matrix

A story of light recollecting few

Moments of silent nature

Away long back ,extinct insects

Hers mind wanders with her

Eyes swirling back memories

Slowly into the past and again to present

Weaving strings between them,eyes opens to see

Amazing flowers in her garden , it's night time with

Raining of fireflies surrounding flowers and shining brighter, a sunshine and a whisper  

I am the Light and Life , The Time froze for a moment

       She realized the light she needed ...Within

More on :

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Link Submission for :

1. NaPoWriMo's prompt of writing  a short, satirical poem about a star and the moon. 
2. A to Z Challenge for alphabet "U" .I wanted to use U for my name.I came with a small poetic sentence .I started writing with each alphabets of my name and I came up with this one below.Free write with my name along with NaPoWriMo's autobiographical poem on 23rd day .
3. Poets United Prompt "SHE"

PS:
This week's Tuesday review in Jingle Poetry Community written by SIS along with Leo aka Vinay is about my Blog"Inside My Poetry Book".Thanks Jingle poetry for this lovely surprise !

The Whispering Dewdrops - Tamil Language (T) and Shakespearean

NaPoWriMo's  Cento challenge :It is a poetic form made up of lines from poems by other poets.

For the above prompt I am going to choose randomly 7 different sonnets from Shakespeare sonnets and then assemble them into a new sonnet .The beauty of this poem is that this poem will have the real Shakespearean touch to it and will be written by me.

Shakespeare Sonnets Chosen: 15,19,50,60, 65,75,100



Cento of Shakespearean 
When I consider every thing that grows
Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse,
That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows
And every fair with his fair doth rehearse,
Plods dully on, to bear that weight in me,
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
His rider lov'd not speed being made from thee.
Each changing place with that which goes before,
So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Join with the spite of fortune, make me bow,
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
Ah! do not, when my heart hath 'scaped this sorrow,
    Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life,
    So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife  


A to Z Challenge :"T" -TAMIL LANGUAGE


Tamil Language is proud  to be taken place under "Classical Language " known as "Semmozhi".Only 6 languages is classified as Classical Languages in world. ' TAMIL , CHINESE, LATIN, GREEK, HEBREW & SANSKRIT. 


Facts of Tamil Language:
Thirukkural

1. One of the most notable literary and ethical treatises in the Indian languages, Thirukkural, is written by Thiruvalluvar. There is a general consensus among the historians and literary authorities that Thirukkural was written around 2000 years ago.
2. Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Laureate, notes that, “There hardly exists in the literature of the world a collection of maxims in which we find such lofty wisdom as in Thirukkural”
3. Dr. G. U. Pope, a Christian Missionary and Translator of Thirukkural in English writes, “The Kural is an integral painting of a civilization which is harmonious in itself and which possesses a clearly recognizable unity."
4. India’s father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, notes, “I wanted to learn Tamil, only to enable me to study Valluvar’s Thirukkural through his mother tongue itself…. It is a treasure of wisdom…”

Maths andTamil Language
Even the minutest of fractions have a place in ‘Tamil’ language. Some interesting examples include the term immi referred to the fraction of 1/320 x 1/7, one-seventh of this fraction termed as anu, one-eleventh of an anu as mummi and one ninth of amummi as kuNam.

On Why Tamil is a Classical Language:
University of California, Berkeley, holds a ‘Tamil’ Conference annually. Its Chair in Tamil Studies, Prof. George L. Hart, writes, “To qualify as a classical tradition, a language must fit several criteria: it should be ancient, it should be an independent tradition that arose mostly on its own and not as an offshoot of another tradition, and it must have a large and extremely rich body of ancient literature. Unlike the other modern languages of India, Tamil meets each of these requirements. It is extremely old (as old as Latin and older than Arabic); it arose as an entirely independent tradition, with almost no influence from Sanskrit or other languages; and its ancient literature is indescribably vast and rich.”

Tamil Mozhi became SemMozhi 

The classical language of the world

With eighteen consonants and twelve vowels

And one character,the aeidham being neutral 

She has total alphabets of

Two hundered and fourthy seven

With the combination of uyirmeyyezhuttu

Regared asthe oldest language in India

Dating back to 2000 years ago

with the  greatest saints writing

Thokapiyam  and Thirukkural 

The rich ancient literatures

Tamil Mozhi is indeed Semmozhi

Music to my ears

Sounds ancient rich literature 

Tamil Language

The bold letters are the haiku followed by a free write.


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The Whispering Dewdrops - Sound of Music (S) poetry

Ghazals are an ancient Persian poetic form, and they are a good way of trying to let go of prose-like sense when writing poems.This is a prompt given by NaPoWriMo and including the A to Z Challenge of letter "S", I am going to try writing a Ghazal for 'S' - Sound of Music.

Sound of Music is a (1959) is a musical film by Richard Rodgers.The story is about a woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.Many songs from the musical have become standards, including the title song "I have confidence", "My Favorite Things", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" and "Do-Re-Mi".I chose this as my prompt for the above challenges.

How to write a Ghazal :

1. Ghazals are composed of couplets – about five to fifteen, so they’re short. 
2. The first couplet of a ghazal introduces the theme, which traditionally tends toward longing, erotic or otherwise. Both lines of the first couplet end in the same rhyming word or phrase. 
3. The second line of each succeeding couplet uses that rhyming word or phrase as well. 
4. Traditionally, you’re supposed to include your name, or a veiled reference to it, in the poem. 

SOUND OF MUSIC

Lingering soul, I am between the classics

Drowning inside each and every Sound of Music

Raindrops, pitter -pattering its footprints

Clusters of sound creating a "c-h-o-w" Music

Some days these beats of rain control my tears

Soaking in my sorrow in hers, accompanying Music

Showers of drizzles precipitate, on a sunny day

A dancing Rainbow bending colorfully to the Music

Drop by drop as each pebble touches its skin

The waters in pond spread its wings smiling in Music

Thunders and lighting, the big uncle rain coming

Drums beating ' Sky Orchestra', a big festive Music

Every special occasion are marked by this sound

All festivals and celebrations possess their Music

The sounds of Music “Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti To”

Have their presence in every piece of Music

My Baby laughing, surprised hearing different sounds

That intrigues her mind tickling her sense of Music

I sit here on the window sill admiring every of piece sound

Drowning in dancing the rhythm of this unique "Music"

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The Whispering Dewdrops - Royal Wedding (R) poetry and Mother Haiku

The Alphabet Challenge "R" stands for "Royal Wedding" dedicated to Prince William and Kate Middleton and also for overheard conversation of NaPoWriMo's prompt.Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, which has been declared a bank holiday in celebration.

A Gift for the Royal Wedding

Telegraph

Celebration 2011,the Royal Wedding

A gift from the heart , poetry blessing

A Prince born with a silver spoon

Going to get married to a beauty soon

Knight in Horses guiding their way

Maiden in white dress sing and they sway

Celebration 2011,the Royal Wedding

A gift from the heart , poetry blessing

There comes the Princess dressed as an angel

Carrying all hearts in love with her magic spell

A day in history , spell-bound all over Britain

Bethored together, a fairy tale ending

Celebration 2011,the Royal Wedding

A gift from the heart , poetry blessing

These Haikus is for " Thanksgiving of Krislen's "  and for NaPoWriMo 's prompt "a portrait poem"

Footprint beside mine

Like a Guardian Angel

Holds all, My Mother

No Thanks is enough

For all she did to protect

I now stand in debt

Mom, here Still I Thank you ! Can I ever repay you ?

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The Whispering Dewdrops - Quiet (Q) NaPoWriMo poetry

Explorer's Home

Exploring Poetry ,WEEK 12 -  of exploring poetry on my journey.It is more or less like TREKKING.Say, a poetry trekking....few joined me in my trekking in the past making my experience an enjoyable one...and I am still awaiting more to join me in.Today, the April 18th Monday MEME "Exploring Poetry " combines with NaPoWriMo and A to Z Challenge.

Join my MEME and be a part of Exploring Poetry

This week : NAANI 

This poetry was introduced by one of the renowned Telugu poets Dr. N.Gopi, presently working as vice-chancellor to Telugu University, Andhra Pradesh.

1. Naani is one of Indian's most popular Telugu poems. Naani means an expression of one and all.
2. It consists of 4 lines in total
3. All the four lines consists of 20 to 25 syllables. 
4. The poem is not bounded to a particular subject but it depends upon human relations and current statements. 

Example 

A dream

As a particle in eyes

Remains as tear

Wounded desire.

- By Bollimuntha venkata Ramana Rao

A to Z Challenge  of the Alphabet " Q" along with today’s prompt of NaPoWriMo which requires a poem of  erasure or recombination. My mission is to create a poem, either by erasing words from the paragraph, or recombining the words that are already there from a paragraph from Annie Dillard’s book, The Writing Life.

“I pulled down the curtains. When I leaned over the typewriter, sparks burnt round holes in my shirt, and fire singed a sleeve. I dragged the rug away from the sparks. In the kitchen I filled a bucket with water and returned to the erupting typewriter. The typewriter did not seem to be flying apart, only erupting. On my face and hands I felt the heat from the caldera. The yellow fire made a fast, roaring noise. The typewriter itself made rumbling, grinding noise; the table pitched. Nothing seemed to require my bucket of water. The table surface was ruined, of course, but not aflame. After twenty minutes or so, the eruption subsided.”


"NAANI" Poetry


Sparks of fire
Heat on my face and hands
Subsided with water
Twenty minutes after Bathing


Sparks of fire
Erupts emotional strain
Words in heat unattended
When ignored slowly subsided


The above two,I believe, satisfies the NaPoWriMo prompt.Now,for the A to Z Challenge ,


Twosome in Night time
Cool Breeze under Moonlight
Heart speaks more than Mind
Quiet Moments


Design of Letters
With correct presentation
Targeting word's essence
Writing Challenges

Just try a hand in it and link your "url " below

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