Petrichor

It’s April of 2022 and Day 16 of the A to Z challenge. This year, I am doing the theme – “Wordy Wonders.” I am selecting words that have deeper and graceful meanings, from across the globe and an eight-line poem along

Day 16 – Petrichor

Origin: Greek

Meaning: The scent of earth that is associated with the first rain after a dry spell. The mild and pleasant first smell.

Poem

Read a story,
To the seeds.
Sing a poem,
To the walls.
Dance a beat,
To the glasses.
Like a petrichor,
The roots await us.

The feeling of first, though literally not the first, repeats in many cycles. Each first brings an aura of pleasantness in a new form. The journey we take with ups and downs is the dawn of new. We are reflections of what we sow.

Word Pronunciation: PET-ri-kuhr

Dance of the Devils

There rests,
Tunes of the wicked,
Beats of immoral,
A language of the foul,
A ballet of the imps,
Wanting to rule,
For eternity.

In the same place,
Where the love lies.

When the love lies,
It’s the dance of the devils.

Flash and Dance – Haiku

This Haiku is written for Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Challenge Number 86. The prompt is to write a haiku on the words Flash and Dance.

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flashes from candles,
the dark chocolate ice cake,
birthday for the blind.

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