Fortresses, Castles, Palaces and Royal houses Inside my poem book

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Dublin Castle,Ireland

Mysore Maharaja Palace,India

Benizer Blutto Royal house , Dubai 

Forbidden City , Beijing

Rajesthan Fort , India

Berleybeyi Palace,Istanbul

Chambord Castle,Val - de - Loire ,France

Alhambra Fortress

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Exploring Poetry ,WEEK 13 of Exploring Poetry 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.

This Week : VILLANELLE

The Villanelle is a challenging but fun form of poetry with a haunting repetitive pattern.Its name derives from the Italian villa, or country house, where noblemen went to refresh themselves, perhaps dally with the locals, and imagine that they were back to nature.Most poets prefer to use this form of poetry for more brooding images or memories that come back to haunt you, but you can choose what subject matter you want.

How to write a Villanelle:

1. A poetic form to express a feeling or an idea.
2. It has a total of 19 lines in the pattern of 3-3-3-3-3-4 i.e in five tercets and a concluding quatrain.
3. Except the second line in each stanza ,all other lines Rhymes.
4. Two lines the first and third in the  first stanza are repeated along the poems in the pattern of
               1st  stanza - A1-b-C1
               2nd stanza -a-b-A1
               3rd stanza -a-b-C1
               4th stanza-a-b-C1
               5th stanza-a-b-c1
               6th stanza-a-b-A1 -C1, 
   Where " a not repeated but rhymes, and b not repeated and does not   rhymes" and  " A1, C1 repeated and rhymes"
   
   
   Another Cinderella Story!

Art by timepass69

Oh! This morning dew, how I feel its need when I am alone here

Its closeness near my skin, trying to quench my thirst , I sigh!

How I yearn for that love I lost somewhere among the rolling years

 I am a sequel of The Cinderella, in my life like her I appear 

Spending my days with abuses, craving for a soft voice around me

Oh! This morning dew, how I feel its need when I am alone here

A lost pearl I am now, my feelings lay unprotected, I fear

Recalling the day when I lost my protective shell to someone else

How I yearn for that love I lost somewhere among the rolling years

Why my mom always sided with my step-sister made things unclear

Making the ache in my heart grow more, leaving my voices unheard

Oh! This morning dew, how I feel its need when I am alone here

I dream of you my Guardian angel, I wish you were there

To get me to home to a Prince who will wipe away all my tears

How I yearn for that love I lost somewhere among the rolling years

Like he found his true love through the lost glass slipper

Rescuing her from all the sorrows that had befallen her

How I yearn for that love I lost somewhere among the rolling years

Oh! This morning dew, how I feel your need when I am alone here

You you want to know /explore more poetry forms with explanations and examples ,do visit "Exploring Poetry" where you can find links of many poets and their poetry form .

The above poem " Another Cinderella Story " is written in Villanelle poetry form and is featured in RiikaInfinity's TOS and Jingle Poetry Potluck .

The Temple

Grows the binding strength of pooja and slogan for years
On the temple build with  bricks and stones
With those abrasions carved into beautiful sculptures

With a handful of flowers ready to shower
The lord welcomes us in the bright sacred flame
Grows the binding strength of pooja and slogan for years

The beauty of arts is seen everywhere
The dancing goddess on the pillars makes us stare
With those abrasions carved into beautiful sculptures

The loss of weight in heart, bygone the fears
We surrender our prayers and the whole self  to him
Grows the binding strength of pooja and slogan for years

The temple is the only place we bury our tears
To the good spirits and wandering saints that lives there
With those abrasions carved into beautiful sculptures

Our Temple of heart is build by meditating clear
Picking each positive stones we get and smear
With those abrasions carved into beautiful sculptures
Grows the binding strength of pooja and slogan for years

Ramalinga_Swamigal/Vallalar

The New Year has began

VILLANELLE: 

1. A poetic form to express a feeling or an idea.
2. It has a total of 19 lines in the pattern of 3-3-3-3-3-4 i.e in five tercets and a concluding quatrain.
3. Except the second line in each stanza ,all other lines Rhymes.
4. Two lines the first and third in the  first stanza are repeated along the poems in the pattern of
   
              1st  stanza - A1-b-C1
               2nd stanza -a-b-A1
               3rd stanza -a-b-C1
               4th stanza-a-b-C1
               5th stanza-a-b-c1
             6th stanza-a-b-A1 -C1, Where " a not repeated but rhymes, and b not repeated and does not   rhymes" and  " A1, C1 repeated and rhymes"

The New Year has Began

The countdown has began 5,4,3,2,and one ,ring the bell

Here opens the door to unveil the shades of the past

The new year has come to our rescue ,my angel

By physical apperance and in maturity level

We all grow and still grow with each new year

The countdown has began 5 ,4,3,2,and one,ring the bell

Age knew no bounds to express joy ,we pray to impel

Opening arms wide to the opportunity that's ahead

The new year has come to our rescue,my angel

To learn and to forget the good and the bad to excel

We are ready to unveil the new years screen aside

The countdown has began 5 ,4,3,2,and one,ring the bell

There is no end to anything in this world in wheel

Each thing moves on a circle to continue again anew

The new year has come to our rescue,my angel

Believe in the oneness as we welcome 1-1-11 to laurel

For to carry us along with it to spread joy in and out of each heart 

The new year has come to our rescue, my angel

The countdown has began 5 ,4,3,2,and one,ring the bell

Wishing You All A Happy New Year !