writeALONG! 21 June
- Muskaan Ahuja
- Jun 21, 2022
- 1 min read
A TUESDAY FEATURE
host: Muskaan Ahuja
guest editor: Lakshmi Iyer
Continuing from last week about the navarasa, let's take the next three:
Adbhuta, Bibatsa and Veera.
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Adbhuta/ wonder
sunrise ...
the ooh and aah's at the sight
of Mt. Kanchenjunga
.
Bibatsa/ disgust
ancestor's property ...
legal notice sent
to the father
.
Veera/ bravery
freedom struggle ...
huge massacres
in the history of battles
--- Lakshmi Iyer
Post your poems or share the ones you once read and that fit under each rasa.
Looking forward how you take the challenge...
the pugilist
squaring up to
the young blood
veera/bravery
disgust/bibasta
somewhere
between thirst and non-thirst ...
the everchanging me
?
wonder/adbhuta a blue whale leaps …
the sky vanishes
into nothing
for a split second
where was i
.
Rewrite: (Adbhuta)
revision:
sudden starboard tilt . . .
Everest comes into view below the wing
original:
sudden port-side list--- Mt. Everest comes into view just below the wing
Thank you Kala
---Billie, Kiku Makura
Bibatsa/ disgust
ripe tomato
in my hand
slug slime